E911 Address Validation System Reducing Routing Costs
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for providing enhanced 911 services incur substantial costs due to the need to store and validate street addresses for multiple portable devices, even if they are not current or valid, which leads to unnecessary charges for entities tasked with routing emergency calls.
Innovation Solution
A system that manages street address validation and expiration dates through a processor and memory-based system, where a communication client on portable devices checks and updates enhanced 911 address identifiers, allowing only valid addresses to be stored and communicated to emergency routing devices, thereby minimizing unnecessary storage and validation of obsolete records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If street addresses for multiple portable devices are stored and validated in existing systems, then emergency response capabilities are maintained, but substantial costs are incurred due to storage and validation of non-current or invalid addresses
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation of street addresses before storing them in the database. When a device registers or updates its location, the address is validated against current data sources (such as postal services or geographic information systems) before being committed to storage. This prevents invalid or obsolete addresses from being stored in the first place, eliminating unnecessary validation costs later while maintaining reliable emergency response data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements periodic cleanup routines that identify and remove expired, invalid, or duplicate address records from the database. By discarding these obsolete records, the system reduces storage requirements and eliminates the need to periodically validate and refresh old data, thereby reducing operational costs while preserving only the current, valid addresses needed for emergency response.
2Quantity of substance
If all portable device addresses are continuously validated and stored, then complete address coverage is achieved, but the quantum of periodic payments to routing entities increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of validating and storing addresses for all portable devices without distinction, the system applies validation selectively based on device activity and address confidence levels. Highly active devices or those with recently confirmed addresses receive full validation, while dormant devices or those with high-confidence cached addresses undergo reduced validation. This partial action approach maintains sufficient address coverage for emergency response while significantly reducing the number of validation operations and associated periodic payments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the address validation process into multiple tiers: critical addresses that require immediate validation, regularly updated addresses that receive periodic validation, and stable addresses that are validated less frequently. This segmentation allows the system to maintain comprehensive address coverage for emergency response while optimizing validation frequency to reduce periodic payments to routing entities.
3Measurement precision
If street address validation is performed for every portable device, then data accuracy is improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary checks using device-provided information (such as GPS coordinates, carrier location data, or previously validated addresses) to pre-filter addresses before submitting them to full validation processes. This preliminary action identifies obviously valid or invalid addresses, allowing the system to maintain high data accuracy while avoiding complex validation procedures for addresses that are clearly correct, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces intermediary validation layers, such as carrier-based location services or geographic information system APIs, that provide preliminary address verification before full validation is required. These intermediaries handle routine validation tasks, reducing the burden on the main validation system and simplifying its architecture while maintaining high address data accuracy through multiple layers of verification.
Data Source
AI summary
In compliance with regulatory requirements imposed on multicarrier wired/wireless network carriers, the disclosed system receives input representing a selection of a street address to be used as a current location associated with a user identity. The system determines an expiration date associated with the street address, designates the street address as a validated emergency contact location for the user identity in response to determining that the expiration date associated with the street address has not expired. The system thereafter permits the establishment of communications between the system and a disparate wireless network device associated with a multicarrier wireless network.