Emergency Data Converter for Secure Cloud Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current emergency networks face challenges in securely retrieving and sending data to enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) and next generation 9-1-1 (NG911) systems, due to the integration of legacy equipment and the need for advanced data flow capabilities.
Innovation Solution
Establishing a secure authenticated network connection between an Emergency Communication Center (ECC) and a cloud infrastructure, using a data converter with a thin script that receives serial data, converts it into packet data, and sends it to an API endpoint in the cloud, while resiliently handling connection failures without resetting the system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a data converter with thin script is used to establish secure authenticated network connection, then security and reliability of data transmission is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A data converter acting as an intermediary device is introduced between the legacy emergency network equipment and the cloud-based API endpoint. This intermediary establishes secure authenticated network connections, converting serial data to packet data while maintaining security without requiring modifications to the legacy systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct functional components: the legacy emergency network equipment, the data converter with thin script, and the cloud-based API endpoint. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, with the data converter handling security and protocol conversion while legacy systems continue operating as before.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If resilient handling of connection failures is implemented, then continuity of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The thin script in the data converter is pre-configured with authentication credentials and connection parameters. The script establishes the secure authenticated network connection in advance and implements retry logic for connection failures, allowing the system to resume operation automatically without manual intervention or system reset.
3Adaptability or versatility
If serial data conversion to packet data is performed, then adaptability to cloud systems is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The data converter replaces mechanical/physical serial data interfaces with electronic packet data protocols suitable for cloud communication. The thin script performs automated data conversion from serial format to packet format, enabling legacy equipment to communicate with modern cloud-based emergency response systems without physical interface modifications.
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AI summary
A disclosed method includes establishing a secure authenticated network connection between an apparatus located at an emergency communication center (ECC) location and operatively coupled to an ECC functional entity, and an application programming interface (API) endpoint in the cloud; performing an authentication procedure between the apparatus and the application programming interface (API) endpoint in the cloud upon establishment of an internet connection to the apparatus; obtaining data from the functional entity by the apparatus and appending ECC identification information; sending the data as packet data comprising the ECC identification information to the API endpoint; and providing a portal graphical user interface to at least one ECC entity that displays enhanced emergency call data using the packet data.