The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Thomas Edward Hines, Iii, Belton, MO (US);
Hilah A. Rozier, Lenexa, KS (US);
Sharon K. Walker, Village of Loch Lloyd, MO (US);
Mark S. Freiermuth, Kansas City, MO (US);
Victoria L. Zeller, Kansas City, MO (US);
Thomas Edward Hines, III, Belton, MO (US);
Hilah A. Rozier, Lenexa, KS (US);
Sharon K. Walker, Village of Loch Lloyd, MO (US);
Mark S. Freiermuth, Kansas City, MO (US);
Victoria L. Zeller, Kansas City, MO (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A communication network comprises a device configured to place a call for an emergency service, a call processing system in communication with the device and configured to receive and process the call to route the call to a public service answering point (PSAP), initiate a location determination process, and terminate the call, and a location provisioning system configured to execute the location determination process to determine the location of the device, wherein the location provisioning system comprises a plurality of sub systems, and wherein the call processing system communicates with only a first sub system of the plurality of sub systems to initiate the location determination process and communicates with the first sub system and a second sub system of the plurality of sub systems to terminate the call.