초록 ▼

An automated emergency notification system is disclosed. When practicing one embodiment of the present invention, a calling party places a phone call to an emergency service provider by dialing into a service provider network. The service provider network determines the identity of the calling party

An automated emergency notification system is disclosed. When practicing one embodiment of the present invention, a calling party places a phone call to an emergency service provider by dialing into a service provider network. The service provider network determines the identity of the calling party by accessing a subscriber database. The network determines a set of parties to be called by utilizing the identity of the calling party to access the set of parties to be called from an outcall database. The calling party pre-defines the set of parties to be called (i.e., before an emergency occurs) in the event of an emergency and stores this information in the outcall database. The service provider network then establishes the phone call between the calling party and the emergency service provider and also automatically places phone calls to each individual included in the set of parties to be called that was defined by the calling party. The service provider network will provide a pre-defined message to each individual called.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for placing a plurality of phone calls to a first called party and to at least one of a pre-selected group of second called parties in response to a single phone call received from a calling party by a service provider network comprising the steps of:receiving

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method for placing a plurality of phone calls to a first called party and to at least one of a pre-selected group of second called parties in response to a single phone call received from a calling party by a service provider network comprising the steps of:receiving a phone call connection request from the calling party for establishing a phone call to the first called party at the service provider network;determining the identity of the calling party that has requested the phone call connection;correlating whether the phone call connection request to the first called party is to an emergency service provider, and if so:a) establishing a phone call between the calling party and the emergency service provider in response to said phone call connection request;b) determining whether the calling party has enabled a notification delay feature and, if so, delaying the phone call to the at least one second called party by a predetermined delay period; andc) automatically establishing at least one phone call with at least one of the pre-selected group of second called parties by said service provider network if a notification deactivation signal was not received from the calling party during the delay period.