Granted Patent B2

US 8,078,137 · App. 11/879,635 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A method for determining a local country emergency telephone number, comprising:

a user device determining a local IP address of the user device;

the user device determining local country information corresponding to a current location of the user device using the local IP address of the user device; and

the user device obtaining the local country emergency telephone number using the local country information; and

wherein the local IP address of the user device is dependent upon a communications network to which the user device is connected.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device determining the local IP address of the user device comprises extracting the local IP address of the user device from a local router.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device determining the local IP address of the user device comprises using a publicly available Internet service or a private dedicated server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device determining the local IP address of the user device comprises employing a utility that uses multiple online sites to determine the local IP address.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device comprises a telephone, a cellular telephone, or a Personal Data Assistant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user device determining the local country information comprises using the local IP address of the user device and making a WHOIS query.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising programming the local country emergency telephone number as a quick dial number in the user device.

8. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processor that determines a local IP address of the mobile computing device, that determines a current location of the mobile computing device, and that determines a local country emergency telephone number based on the current location of the mobile computing device; and

wherein the processor uses the local IP address to determine the current location of the mobile computing device; and

wherein the local IP address of the mobile computing device is dependent upon a communications network to which the mobile computing device is connected.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor determines the local country emergency telephone number by comparing the current location to a list of local country emergency telephone numbers that correspond to a plurality of locations.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor determines the local IP address by extracting the local IP address from a local router.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the local country emergency telephone number is transcribed to the mobile computing device such that when an origin country emergency number is dialed using the mobile computing device the local country emergency telephone number is called.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor determines the local IP address of the mobile computing device using multiple online sites.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor determines the local IP address of the mobile computing device using a private dedicated server.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor determines the current location using the local IP address of the mobile computing device and making a WHOIS query.

15. A telecommunications device, comprising:

a network interface contained in a non-transitory medium located in the telecommunications device configured to couple the telecommunications device to a voice network and the Internet; and

an emergency number utility contained in the non-transitory medium operably coupled to the network interface and configured to determine a situs country of the telecommunications device and to program an emergency telephone number corresponding to the situs country; and

wherein the emergency number utility determines the situs country of the telecommunications device using a local IP address of the telecommunications device; and

wherein the local IP address of the telecommunications device is dependent upon a communications network to which the telecommunications device is connected; and

wherein the emergency number utility transcribes the local country emergency telephone to the telecommunications device such that when an origin country emergency number is dialed the local country emergency telephone number is called.

16. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transcribing the local country emergency telephone number to the user device such that when an origin country emergency number is dialed the local country emergency telephone number is called.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local country emergency telephone number is obtained by comparing the local country information with a list of emergency telephone numbers corresponding to a plurality of countries, wherein the list comprises a table or database.

18. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the list of local country emergency telephone numbers that correspond to a plurality of countries is contained in a data storage device located in the mobile computing device.

19. The mobile computing device of claim 9 , wherein the list of local country emergency telephone numbers that correspond to a plurality of countries is contained in a data storage device located in a location remote from the mobile computing device.

20. The mobile computing device of claim 8 , wherein the processor programs the local country emergency telephone number as a quick dial number in the mobile computing device.

Assignments (11)