US 11,818,640 B2
Integrated emergency event detection and mapping using a map of device locations
Walter F. C. Anderson, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,666.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248203 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
prompting, during a process of registering first devices with a unified communications as a service (UCaaS) platform, operators of the first devices to present, within one or more user interface fields output to a display of each of the first devices, input verifying locations of the first devices within one or more rooms of a premises associated with the UCaaS platform;
generating a map of locations for the premises using the verified locations of the first devices;
storing the map of locations with the UCaaS platform;
detecting an emergency call from a device registered with the UCaaS platform and located at the premises, wherein the device is one of the first devices or a second device registered with the UCaaS platform;
determining, as one of the one or more rooms a location of the device within the premises using the map of locations; and
signaling information associated with the location of the device within the premises to a public safety answering point to which the emergency call is routed.