IP Library Granted Patent US 11,445,350
Granted Patent B2
US 11,445,350 · App. 17/013,304 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Method and apparatus for providing emergency codes to a mobile device

Inventors: Adrian Buckley (Tracy, CA); Jan Hendrick Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
H04W4/90H04W4/50H04W48/14
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Patent No.
US 11,445,350
App. No.
17/013,304
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
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 (23)

1. A method using Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) procedures at an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) for providing emergency numbers, the method comprising:

receiving an IKEv2 request message comprising a request for emergency number information from a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting to the user equipment an IKEv2 response message, the IKEv2 response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers and a mobile country code (MCC), and wherein the IKEv2 response message causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IKEv2 request message is an IKE_AUTH request.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IKEv2 request message comprises a CFG_REQUEST configuration payload.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IKEv2 response message is an IKE_AUTH response.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IKEv2 response message comprises a CFG_REPLY configuration payload.

6. An evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) comprising

a processor;

a communication subsystem supporting the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) for providing emergency numbers, wherein the ePDG is configured to:

receive a request message comprising a request for emergency number information from a user equipment (UE); and

transmit to the user equipment, a response message, the response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers and a mobile country code (MCC), wherein the response message causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers.

7. The ePDG of claim 6 , wherein the IKEv2 request message is an IKE_AUTH request.

8. The ePDG of claim 6 , wherein the IKEv2 request message comprises a CFG_REQUEST configuration payload.

9. The ePDG of claim 6 , wherein the IKEv2 response message is an IKE_AUTH response.

10. The ePDG of claim 6 , wherein the IKEv2 response message comprises a CFG_REPLY configuration payload.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed, cause an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request message comprising a request for emergency number information from a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting to the user equipment, a response message, the response message including an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers and a mobile country code (MCC), wherein the response message causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the IKEv2 request message is an IKE_AUTH request.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the IKEv2 request message comprises a CFG_REQUEST configuration payload.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the IKEv2 response message is an IKE_AUTH response.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the IKEv2 response message comprises a CFG_REPLY configuration payload.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET AT PAGE 50 TO REMOVE 12817157 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 063471 FRAME 0474. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: OT PATENT ESCROW, LLC
Reel/Frame 064806/0669 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT 12817157 APPLICATION NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 064015 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: OT PATENT ESCROW, LLC
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064807/0001 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: OT PATENT ESCROW, LLC
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064015/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: OT PATENT ESCROW, LLC
Reel/Frame 063471/0474 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 054276/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: BUCKLEY, ADRIAN; BAKKER, JAN HENDRIK LUCAS
To: BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054308/0861 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16696901 · Nov 26, 2019
Continuation 16220966 · Dec 14, 2018
Continuation 15714497 · Sep 25, 2017
Provisional Application 62481053 · Apr 3, 2017
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