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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Max Faulkner, Roswell, GA (US);
Erick Haughn, Norcross, GA (US);
John Lewis, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Max Faulkner, Roswell, GA (US);
Erick Haughn, Norcross, GA (US);
John Lewis, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus that utilize distributed locater, alert, repeater, and/or call technologies for communication devices are presented herein. A base component can be configured to receive a message at a base unit, the message corresponding to at least one of a call directed to a wireless communication device or another message directed to at least one of the wireless communication device or a wired communication device. The base component can distribute an alert to at least one remote unit based on the message. A remote component can be configured to receive the alert at the at least one remote unit, and broadcast the alert or another alert from the at least one remote unit. An interface component can be configured to receive an input at the at least one remote unit based on the alert. Further, the remote component can be configured to transmit a response based on the input.