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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Maikel E. Faltaous, Renton, WA (US);
Kristopher Michael Mcneil, Sammamish, WA (US);
Kevin Lorne Engelbert, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Barry Robert Butterklee, Sammamish, WA (US);
T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Aspects herein capture methods, media, devices, and systems for communicating distress notifications over wireless networks. A tracking device can generate a distress notification that encodes a current location and sensor data over a wireless network, such as a satellite network, for routing to a cloud-based platform that may initiate further actions responsive to the distress notification. The tracking device can intelligently determine a quantity, a periodicity, and/or sensor data to include within various distress notification(s) based on the type of wireless network that is in-range, the power to be used by the tracking device when communicating distress notification(s) over that type of wireless network, the amount of power available and/or remaining in an integrated and/or accessory power supply of the tracking device, or any combination thereof.