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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:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Applicant:
Bernard L. Malone, Iii, Little Rock, AR (US);
Inventor:
Bernard L. Malone, III, Little Rock, AR (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wireless communication networkoperates in an emergency mode. In one example, network components enter an emergency mode. In another example, mobile stations enter an emergency mode. Various disclosed emergency mode features such as having a dedicated emergency channel, using dedicated emergency devices, using mobile stations as repeaters, providing alive user indications and utilizing beacon signals can be combined in different ways to facilitate search and rescue operations, for example.