US 12,232,009 B2
Method for interacting with a network device
Vasileios Giatilis, Vrilissia (GR); and Ioannis Kolaxis, Athens (GR)
Assigned to UNIFY PATENTE GMBH & CO. KG, Munich (DE)
Filed by ATOS Public Safety, LLC, Irving, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,054.
Claims priority of application No. 21202602 (EP), filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123854 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for interacting of a Public Service Answering Point (PSAP) with a portable network device comprising:
establishing a call between the portable network device and the PSAP;
detecting a trigger signal of an eyewitness-button;
storing call log data of the call by the PSAP;
setting up by the PSAP a signaling connection between the portable network device and the PSAP;
determining in the PSAP a geographical area of interest close to the actual location of the portable network device;
determining a list of external portable network devices comprising at least one external portable network device located within the geographical area of interest;
scanning the at least one external portable network device of the list;
protecting by the PSAP the signaling connection from unauthorized access for forwarding data of an external portable network device;
forwarding the scanning result from the at least one external portable network device of the list via the signaling connection to the PSAP.