Automated third party call activated when 911 dialed

Abstract

According to exemplary embodiments, a communications network establishes an emergency communications link between a calling party and an emergency response call center (e.g., 9-1-1 PSAP provider). Thereafter, the communications network automatically associates a third party to add to the emergency communications link and uses the Emergency Third Party Communications Signal to establish an emergency conferencing communications link between the third party, the calling party, and/or the emergency response call center.

1 . A communications system comprising: 
 an emergency third party communications application communicating with a communications network, the emergency third party communications application generating an emergency third party communications signal, the emergency third party communications signal comprising (i) an identifier of an emergency third party communications address, (ii) an identifier of a third party's communications device associated with the emergency third party communications address, (iii) an identifier of a third party, (iv) an originating communications address associated with a calling party's communications device, and (v) a third party communications signal for communications with the third party's communications address, the communications network connecting the emergency third party communications signal to an emergency communications link between an emergency response communications address and the calling party.    
   
   
       2 . The communications system of  claim 1 , the emergency third party communications signal further comprising (vii) a parameter for presenting a notification of the incoming emergency third party communications signal, the notification presented to at least one of the emergency response communications address and a calling party.  
   
   
       3 . The system of  claim 2 , the emergency third party communications signal further comprising (viii) a third party control parameter to selectively enable an emergency third party to control at least one of connection of the emergency third party communications signal to the emergency communications link and notification of the incoming emergency third party communications signal.  
   
   
       4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the emergency third party communications signal accesses the third party's communications device for emergency data associated with at least one of the originating communications address and the emergency third party's communications device.  
   
   
       5 . The system of  claim 4 , the emergency third party's communications device comprising: 
 a POTS phone,    a wireless communications device,    a mobile phone,    a wireless phone,    a WAP phone,    a satellite phone    a computer,    a modem,    a pager,    a digital music device,    a digital recording device,    a personal digital assistant,    an interactive television,    a digital signal processor, and    a Global Positioning System device.    
   
   
       6 . The system of  claim 1 , the communications network comprising at least one of a public switched telephone network, a mobile switching telephone communications network, and a satellite communications network.  
   
   
       7 . The system of  claim 1 , the communications network comprising a world wide electronic data communications network having an emergency third party conferencing interface via at least one of an internet, an intranet, and an extranet.  
   
   
       8 . The system of  claim 1 , the calling party's communications device comprising: 
 a POTS phone,    a wireless communications device,    a mobile phone,    a wireless phone,    a WAP phone,    a satellite phone    a computer,    a modem,    a pager,    a digital music device,    a digital recording device,    a personal digital assistant,    an interactive television,    a digital signal processor, and    a Global Positioning System device.    
   
   
       9 . A computer program product, comprising: 
 a computer-readable medium; and    an emergency third party communications application stored on the computer-readable medium, the emergency third party communications application accessing at least one of an emergency third party communications profile and an instruction from a calling party's communications device to generate an emergency third party communications signal to a communications link of the calling party's communications device and an emergency response communications address, the emergency third party communications profile comprising (i) an identifier of an emergency third party communications address, (ii) an identifier of a third party's communications device associated with the emergency third party communications address, (iii) an identifier of a third party, and (iv) a communications address associated with the calling party's communications device.    
   
   
       10 . The computer program product of  claim 9 , the emergency third party communications profile further comprising: (v) a parameter for presenting a notification of an incoming emergency conference communication to the third party's communications device, (vi) a communications parameter, and (vii) a third party control parameter.  
   
   
       11 . A communications method, comprising: 
 detecting and decoding an incoming communications signal from a calling party's communications device to an emergency response communications address;    accessing an emergency third party communications profile associated with the calling party's communications device, the emergency third party communications profile comprising (i) an identifier of an emergency third party communications address, (ii) an identifier of a third party's communications device associated with the emergency third party communications address, (iii) an identifier of a third party, and (iv) a communications address associated with the calling party's communications device: and    generating an emergency third party communications signal, the emergency third party communications signal comprising at least one of a notification of an emergency communications link between the calling party's communications device and the emergency response communications address and of an emergency conferencing link for connecting a third party's communications device with the emergency communications link.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 receiving a selection from the third party's communications device to connect the third party's communications device with the emergency conferencing link; and    using at least one of the incoming communications signal, the emergency third party communications profile, and the selection from the third party's communications device to control the emergency conferencing link.    
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising: 
 presenting a notification to establish the emergency conferencing link to at least one of the calling party's communications device and the emergency response communications address.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 prompting at least one of the calling party's communications device and the emergency response communications address for authorization to establish the emergency conferencing link.    
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising: 
 automatically establishing the emergency conferencing link.