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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Adrianne Luu, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert Moton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ryan Schaub, Berkeley Lake, GA (US);
Timothy Knezevich, Mentor, OH (US);
Barrett Kreiner, Woodstock, GA (US);
Wei Wang, Harrison, NJ (US);
Ari Craine, Marietta, GA (US);
Robert Koch, Peachtree Corners, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is directed towards facilitating communication with an unknown person via a device of the person having an unknown communications address. The presence of a visible person at a location can be determined, and a communications device at or near that location can be detected as a candidate device associated with that person. The device's current location, which can be regularly registered along with its communication address, is matched to the person's visible location. Communication via the device, such as by a responder, whether with the person and/or to obtain information from the device, is based on the registered communication address. The person's identity and other data may be obtainable. For a non-visible person, e.g., underneath an obstruction, the location of a detected device predicts the likely presence of a person near that location. A map may be generated showing locations of multiple detected devices.