Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Video relay service, communication system, and related methods for connecting users with N11 services in a video relay service environment
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Application No.: US15488254Application Date: 2017-04-14
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Publication No.: US10084910B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Adam Montero , Janet Lynn Esposito , Scot L. Brooksby , Grant A. Beckmann
- Applicant: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT Salt Lake City
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: H04N7/15
- IPC: H04N7/15 ; H04M3/42 ; H04N7/14

Abstract:
Video relay services, communication systems, and methods are disclosed connecting users with N11 services in a video relay service environment. A video relay service may comprise at least one server configured to manage a customer database including customer records for audibly-impaired users of the video relay service, manage an N11 database including alternate numbers corresponding to N11 codes for a plurality of different locations defined by political boundaries, receive incoming video calls including an N11 code from a calling party, resolve the N11 code to an appropriate alternate number for an N11 service based on a political boundary for the calling party responsive to a query of the N11 database, establish a first connection between a video communication device associated with the calling party and a call assistant station associated with a sign language interpreter, and establish a second connection between the call assistant station and the N11 service.
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