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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2015
Applicants:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Sheldon Kent Meredith, Roswell, GA (US);

Francisco Martinez, Cumming, GA (US);

William Cottrill, Canton, GA (US);

Assignees:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/007 (2013.01); H04W 88/182 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example method includes attempting to establish a remote communication path to a wireless network from a proxy, the proxy physically attached to a balloon. A determination is made as to whether an emergency procedure is to be performed. In response to a first determination that the remote communication path is established and that the emergency procedure is to be performed, a current location of the proxy is determined, and the current location of the proxy is transmitted to an emergency server.


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