US 12,382,270 B2
Providing additional time to user equipment for location determination before communicating an SMS message to an emergency number
Zaheer Mohammed Siddique, Overland Park, KS (US); and Hyung Keun Choi, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,758.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267718 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for delaying communication of a short message service (SMS) message to an emergency number until a location of user equipment (UE) is determined, the method comprising:
receiving, at the UE, an input that is intended to cause an SMS message to be communicated to an emergency number;
initiating a timer at the UE, the timer delaying the communication of the SMS message to the emergency number;
determining, at the UE, an uncertainty of a location determined by the UE;
recalculating the location of the UE until: 1) the uncertainty is less than or equal to a desired uncertainty; or 2) the timer runs out; and
causing the SMS message to be sent with the location of the UE.