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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.

Patent No.:

US 11189150 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2019

Water-borne beacon detection system for missing persons

Applicant:

Vector Flight Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eliot Gillum, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kevin Ho Wing Lau, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Vector Flight LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Vierra Magen Marcus LLP

Primary Examiner:

Quan-Zhen Wang

Assistant Examiner:

Rajsheed O Black-Childress

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/08 (2006.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G08B 25/01 (2006.01); G01S 19/17 (2010.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/088 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/17 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G08B 21/0272 (2013.01); G08B 21/0275 (2013.01); G08B 25/004 (2013.01); G08B 25/016 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); G01S 5/0072 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor enabled method in a mobile device includes configuring a WiFi radio controller of the mobile device with a WiFi service set identifier of a search detector and configuring a Bluetooth connection configuration of a search detector. The method also includes responsive to a rescue trigger, enabling the device to exit a low power mode while awaiting a connection attempt from a Bluetooth radio via the configured Bluetooth connection configuration. The method also includes upon receiving the connection attempt, powering up the WiFi radio and attempting to connect to the configured WiFi service set identifier.

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