Systems and methods for location management and emergency support for a voice over internet protocol device

摘要

An example method stores a nomadic service designator and an operating mode designator in association with a public user identifier. The nomadic service designator indicates whether an IP device is allowed to access VoIP services from different network locations. The public user identifier facilitates establishing a call with the IP device. The operating mode designator indicates when the IP device is in a suspended operating mode and an unrestricted mode. The suspended operating mode restricts the IP device to a subset of communication services associated with a service subscription of the IP device, and to a 911 service. The unrestricted operating mode is based on a registered geographic location associated with the IP device being a current geographic location of the IP device, and is based on a service provider being able to provide an E911 service including a location-identification service at the current geographic location of the IP device.

主权项

1. A method to associate voice over internet protocol information with emergency services information for an internet protocol device, the method comprising:
storing a first nomadic service designator in association with a first public user identifier, the first nomadic service designator to indicate whether the internet protocol device is allowed to access voice over internet protocol services in association with the first public user identifier from different network locations, and the first public user identifier to facilitate establishing a first call with the internet protocol device; storing a second nomadic service designator in association with a second public user identifier, the second nomadic service designator to indicate whether the internet protocol device is allowed to access the voice over internet protocol services in association with the second public user identifier from the different network locations, the second public user identifier to facilitate establishing a second call with the internet protocol device, wherein the first and second nomadic service designators are configurable to respectively different nomadic permissions for the first and second public user identifiers; and storing an operating mode designator in association with the first public user identifier, the operating mode designator to:
indicate when the internet protocol device is in a suspended operating mode that restricts the internet protocol device to using a subset of communication services associated with a service subscription of the internet protocol device, and to using a 911 service, andindicate when the internet protocol device is in an unrestricted operating mode, the unrestricted operating mode based on a registered geographic location associated with the internet protocol device being a current geographic location of the internet protocol device, and based on a service provider being able to provide an enhanced 911 (E911) service including a location-identification service at the current geographic location of the internet protocol device.