System and method for providing mobile caller information to a special number service station

1. A method for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network that includes a mobile position determining unit and an Automatic Location Information (ALI) unit communicatively coupled to said special number service station; the method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing an information store for storing a body of information; said body of information including said supplemental information relating to said caller;

(b) providing an interface unit communicatively coupled to said information store and said ALI unit;

(c) operating said interface unit to respond to a query identifying said calling instrument from said ALI unit by retrieving said supplemental information from said information store; and

(d) communicating said supplemental information to said ALI unit;

(e) communicating said supplemental information to said special number service station from said ALI unit;

said interface unit being communicatively coupled with said mobile position determining unit and cooperating with said mobile position determining unit to include an indication of location of said calling instrument with said supplemental information.

2. A method for providing particular information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network as recited in claim 1 wherein:

said telecommunication network includes an emergency services special number call system and

said special number service station is a public safety answering point.

3. A method for providing particular information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network as recited in claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

(f) taken in no particular order with respect to steps (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e), providing an update interface unit communicatingly coupled with said information store and configured for receiving updates relating to said body of information via at least one communication milieu of a plurality of communication milieux.

4. A method for providing particular information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network as recited in claim 1 wherein said coupling between said interface unit and said special number service station is effected via an automatic location information facility.

5. A method for providing particular information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunication network as recited in claim 4 , further comprising the step of:

(f) taken in no particular order with respect to steps (a), (b), (c), (d), or (e) providing an update interface unit communicatingly coupled with said information store and configured for receiving updates relating to said body of information via at least one communication milieu of a plurality of communication milieux.

6. A system for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunications network, said system comprising:

an automatic location information (ALI) unit configured to store primary information and configured to provide primary and supplemental information to said special number service station responsive to a query identifying said mobile calling instrument;

an information store communicatively coupled to the ALI configured to store a body of information, including said supplemental information relating to the caller, and configured to provide said supplemental information to said ALI responsive to an ALI query identifying said mobile calling instrument;

a mobile positioning center communicatively coupled to the information store; and

a location determining unit communicatively coupled to the mobile positioning center, the location determining unit configured to cooperate with the mobile positioning center to determine a location of the mobile calling instrument responsive to an information store query identifying said mobile calling instrument.

7. A system for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunications network in accordance with claim 6 wherein the location determining unit comprises a plurality of location determining units communicatively coupled to one another and to said mobile positioning center, each of the plurality of location determining units configured to cooperate with the mobile positioning center and each other to determine a location of the mobile calling instrument responsive to an ALI query identifying said mobile calling instrument.

8. A system for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunications network in accordance with claim 6 further comprising:

an update unit communicatively coupled with the information store and configured to received updates relating to said body of information via a plurality of communications systems.

9. A system for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunications network in accordance wit claim 8 wherein the update unit is further configured to received updates from said caller via one of the plurality of communications systems.

10. A system for providing supplemental information relating to a caller placing a call from a mobile calling instrument to a special number service station in a telecommunications network in accordance with claim 6 wherein the special number service station comprises a public service answering point.