Abstract: The present invention provides a communication facility that includes a plurality of communication circuits. At least one of the communication circuits is a critical communication circuit. The critical communication circuit includes a phosphor-enabled indication that becomes visible to the human eye when exposed to black light.

Abstract: In one embodiment, communication from a user device is recognized as a service request, and in response, a surrogate home system is invoked without accessing a home system for the user device. The surrogate home system is configured to handle connecting the user device with a provider of the service requested.

Abstract: A method is provided for conducting an emergency communication session with public safety answering point (54) over a public switched telephone network (50). The method includes: storing in a device (60) used to initiate the emergency communication session, a current location of the device (60); initiating the emergency communication session responsive to a selection of a function supported by the device (60); establishing the emergency communication session between the device (60) and the public safety answering point (54) over the public switched telephone network (50); and, transmitting the stored location from the device (60) to the public safety answering point (54).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of communicating emergency call information originating from wireless phones among multiple entities using a set of network signaling operations for pooling and reconciling records of emergency calls and identifications for sources of fraudulent calls. A set of network signaling operations is described herein for communicating records of emergency calls among network entities of same or different levels, and for communicating identified sources of fraudulent calls among network entities of same or different levels.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of communicating emergency call information originating from wireless phones among multiple entities using a set of network signaling operations for pooling and reconciling records of emergency calls and identifications for sources of fraudulent calls. A set of network signaling operations is described herein for communicating records of emergency calls among network entities of same or different levels, and for communicating identified sources of fraudulent calls among network entities of same or different levels.