ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,297, issued on March 25.
"Decentralized emergency response by friends and family" was invented by David Andrew Brooks (San Jose, Calif.) and Davis Zhu (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Method and System for coordinating help to an individual experiencing a medical emergency from their designated Emergency Care Team (ECT). The location of the Person in Distress (PID) and all of their emergency contacts is determined. A real time audio video conference is created which enables the PID and all members of the ECT to communicate. Real time vital signs from the PID's wearable health monitor is streamed to all participants....