Method and system for allowing incoming emergency communications on a disabled device

摘要

A system and method to allow a disabled device to receive an incoming communication after the termination of an emergency communication session with a service provider. A disabled device is a device having a portion of its service plan that allows the device to send or receive communications either temporarily or permanently disabled. In some embodiments, the system allows the disabled device to receive all incoming communications during a defined period of time after the emergency communication session. In some embodiments, the system allows the disabled device to receive all incoming communications from numbers or URIs contained in a repository of allowed numbers. In some embodiments, the system allows the disabled device to receive all incoming communications if the service provider initiating the communication enters an authenticated routing key or passcode.

主权项

1. A method for establishing a communication session between a disabled telecommunications device and an emergency responder in response to a termination of an emergency communication session between the disabled telecommunications device and a service provider, the method comprising:
detecting an establishment of an emergency communication session between a disabled telecommunications device and a service provider, wherein the emergency communication session was initiated by a disabled telecommunications device; receiving a request from an emergency responder to establish a second communication session between the emergency responder and the disabled telecommunications device, the request to establish the second communication session occurring after the termination of the emergency communication session between the service provider and the disabled telecommunications device; determining an elapsed time between the emergency communication session and the request to establish the second communication session; authorizing the establishment of the second communication session if the elapsed time is less than a threshold amount of time; and denying the establishment of the second communication session if the elapsed time is greater than the threshold amount of time, wherein the denial is performed by a network element of the service provider.