Address validation for personal emergency response systems

摘要

A server verifies that an address of record for a personal emergency response (PERS) device is in agreement with a current address of the PERS device. The PERS device has a docking station and a wearable unit. At start-up, the docking station places a call to the server and the server receives coordinates of the wearable unit. The coordinates are reverse-mapped into the current address and compared with the address of record. If the current address and the address of record differ, the address of record is updated to reflect the current address.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a moveable landline device and at a server, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) telephone call, the moveable landline device being connected to a VoIP adapter that is configured to provide the moveable landline device with a telephony service over the Internet; responsive to obtaining a telephone number associated with an origin of the telephone call, obtaining an address associated with the moveable landline device; when the telephone call is received, requesting a verification for the address associated with the moveable landline device from a wireless network servicing a wireless device within proximity of the moveable landline device; receiving, from the wireless network, address information for a location of the wireless device responsive to the address verification request; and comparing the address information for the location of the wireless device with the address associated with the moveable landline device to determine whether or not the address of the moveable landline device is accurate.