ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,318, issued on Oct. 21.

"Systems and methods for triggering phone calls to mobile phones" was invented by Gregory Merten (American Fork, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An activation device includes a wireless communication interface, an activation circuitry, and a trigger device. The wireless communication interface is configured to communicate with a mobile phone in a personal area network. The activation circuitry is configured to generate a signal for activating the mobile phone. The trigger device is configured to receive an input from a user. When the trigger device receives the input from the user, the activation circuitry...