IP Library Granted Patent US 11,743,707
Granted Patent B2
US 11,743,707 · App. 17/883,109 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Method and apparatus for providing emergency codes to a mobile device

Inventors: Adrian Buckley (Tracy, CA); Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited
H04W4/90H04W4/50H04W12/0431H04W12/06H04W48/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,743,707
App. No.
17/883,109
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
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 (24)

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

receiving a request message from a user equipment, the request message containing an integer identifier corresponding to an information report; and

transmitting, to the user equipment, a response message, the response message including the information report, the information report comprising an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, the indicator including a mobile country code (MCC);

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 indicator is a Uniform Resource Name (URN).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the URN has a form of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXXX”, where “XXX” represents the three digits of the MCC.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request message is received as part of an ANQP procedure, or an Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) procedure; and wherein the response message is transmitted as part of an ANQP procedure, or an IKEv2 procedure.

5. 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, the request message containing an integer identifier corresponding to an information report; and

transmit a response message to the user equipment, the response message including the information report, the information report comprising an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, the indicator including a mobile country code (MCC);

wherein the response message with the indicator causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers with the empty list.

6. The network node of claim 5 , wherein the indicator is a Uniform Resource Name (URN).

7. The network node of claim 6 , wherein the URN has a form of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXXX”, where “XXX” represents the three digits of the MCC.

8. The network node of claim 5 , wherein the request message is received as part of an ANQP procedure, or an Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) procedure; and wherein the response message is transmitted as part of an ANQP procedure, or an IKEv2 procedure.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing instruction code for providing 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, the request message containing an integer identifier corresponding to an information report; and

transmit a response message, the response message including the information report, the information report comprising an indicator of an empty list of emergency numbers, the indicator including a mobile country code (MCC);

wherein the response message with the indicator causes the UE to overwrite a previously received list of local emergency numbers with the empty list.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the indicator is a Uniform Resource Name (URN).

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the URN has a form of “urn:3gpp:sos-anqp:mccXXX”, where “XXX” represents the three digits of the MCC.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the request message is received as part of an ANQP procedure, or an Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) procedure; and wherein the response message is transmitted as part of an ANQP procedure, or an IKEv2 procedure.

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 Aug 8, 2022
From: BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060746/0033 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2022
From: BUCKLEY, ADRIAN; BAKKER, JAN HENDRIK LUCAS
To: BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061299/0254 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17013304 · Sep 4, 2020
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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