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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Moon Yee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert Henry Bickley, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Charles Herbert Brenner, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Philip John Zucarelli, Glendale, AZ (US);
Theodore Wolley Keller, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Christopher Kent Moyer, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schamburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34235709 ; 701213 ;
Abstract
A survival radio of the type useable in search and rescue operations and carried by the party to be rescued is described. The survival radio includes a GPS receiver, a transceiver and a microcontroller. The microcontroller responds to interrogation messages containing a predetermined identification code for the survival radio to cause a transceiver to transmit a geographic location of the survival radio as derived from GPS signals.