FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. has filed a patent application titled “Method and System for Back-up of Voice Over IP Emergency Calls,” for a technological process for a specific coding scheme to redirect certain call types based on emergency dialing patterns like 911.
The number pattern will cause the call to be redirected to the legacy emergency telephony system, ensuring the user reaches emergency service personnel. The device is also capable of routing emergency calls during power failures.
“We will be filing additional patent applications before year-end as we continue to develop and enhance our core technologies and the product portfolio they support,” said John Todd, VoIP’s chief technology officer. “If all the claims made in this application are approved, they could represent a major positive step for VoIP Inc. and its customers with 911 services inside their products.”
The company has been busy this week, also announcing a $1 million purchase order contract with Miami-based ANEW Broadband Inc. for 15,000 MTA-V102 units, including Multimedia Terminal Adaptors (MTA), proxy server and provisioning server.
Additionally, VoIP announced a joint venture with Korea’s Systems Co. Ltd. (iCable) under which the companies have formed Nevada-based iMax Solutions Inc., through which both companies will develop VoIP-related products and will exclusively market iCable products in North and South America.
