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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Greatcall, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Arrizza, Oceanside, CA (US);

Joel Stair, San Diego, CA (US);

Gavin Sermona, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

GreatCall, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04M 15/56 (2013.01); H04M 15/765 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 52/0212 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract

Communications devices such as cellular telephones share resources, for example to conserve battery capacity or to enable a device to perform a function not available to another one of the devices. Such devices may find particular utility in a mobile personal emergency response (MPERS) environment, and may enable clients of an MPERS service to take better advantage of the service. The devices communicate over a local wireless communications system to determine which device may perform a particular function. Other resources that may be shared include cellular connectivity and global positioning capability.


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