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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Mark Kirkpatrick, Conyers, GA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Kirkpatrick, Conyers, GA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for providing an emergency vehicle alert to an occupant of a second vehicle includes: receiving an alert signal at a receiver device on the second vehicle from the emergency vehicle; and, responsive to the received alert signal, automatically warning the occupant of the second vehicle that the emergency vehicle may be approaching and/or is in a vicinity of the second vehicle.