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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Donald L. Sparks, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew S. Bender, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Donald L. Sparks, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew S. Bender, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Genband US LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for redirecting an emergency communication include initiating emergency communication from an endpoint. Unavailability of a softswitch is determined, and an emergency server is identified that handles call control for emergency communication from the endpoint if the softswitch is unavailable. Emergency communication is initiated with the emergency server.