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US 10,771,952 · App. 16/696,901 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Method and apparatus for providing emergency codes to a mobile device

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,771,952
App. No.
16/696,901
Filed
Nov 26, 2019
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2643
USPC
455/404.1
Abstract

A method at a user equipment for obtaining emergency codes using a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, the method including sending a request message to a network node, the request message containing an indication; and receiving, at the user equipment, a response message, the response message including at least one mobile country code (MCC), and the response message indicating an emergency number, type or category information, wherein the emergency number, type or category information is associated with the at least one MCC, and wherein the at least one MCC indicates a portion of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code to which the emergency number, type or category information applies.

Claims (30)

1. A method at a network node in a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network for providing emergency codes, the method comprising:

receiving a request message from a user equipment (UE) at the network node, the request message comprising a request for emergency number information and a mobile country code (MCC); and

transmitting, to the user equipment from the network node, a response message, the response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, wherein the response message with the indicator causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers with the empty list.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request message is a DNS query.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises one of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp”, “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:noLocalEmergyNumbers”, and “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXX(X)”, where XX(X) indicates digits of the Mobile Country Code (MCC).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the empty list is associated with at least one of a service provider identifier or a country code.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Network Access Identifier (NAI) realm.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the PLMN code comprises a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC).

8. A network node configured to provide emergency codes, the network node comprising:

a processor; and

a communications subsystem,

wherein the network node is configured to:

receive a request message from a user equipment (UE), the request message comprising a request for emergency number information and a mobile country code (MCC); and

transmit, to the user equipment from the network node, a response message, the response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, wherein the response message with the indicator causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers with the empty list.

9. The network node of claim 8 , wherein the request message is a DNS query.

10. The network node of claim 8 , wherein the indicator comprises one of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp”, “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:noLocalEmergyNumbers”, and “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXX(X)”, where XX(X) indicates digits of the Mobile Country Code (MCC).

11. The network node of claim 8 , wherein the empty list is associated with at least one of a service provider identifier or a country code.

12. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code.

13. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Network Access Identifier (NAI) realm.

14. The network node of claim 12 wherein the PLMN code comprises a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC).

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code for obtaining emergency codes, where the instruction code, when executed by a processor of a network node causes the network node to:

receive a request message from a user equipment (UE), the request message comprising a request for emergency number information and a mobile country code (MCC); and

transmit, to the user equipment from the network node, a response message, the response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, wherein the response message with the indicator causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers with the empty list.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the request message is a DNS query.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the indicator comprises one of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp”, “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:noLocalEmergyNumbers”, and “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXX(X)”, where XX(X) indicates digits of the Mobile Country Code (MCC).

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the empty list is associated with at least one of a service provider identifier or a country code.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) code.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the service provider identifier comprises a Network Access Identifier (NAI) realm.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the PLMN code comprises a Mobile Country Code (MCC) and a Mobile Network Code (MNC).