ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,872, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Automatic emergency call without time delay" was invented by Okan Melen (Ingolstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sending an emergency call in which a control device of a vehicle automatically sends an emergency call, comprising a data packet, to a backend server of a control center and the server receives the emergency call that is sent, a data structure for an emergency call, a control device for a vehicle, and a backend server for a control center."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2023, under Application No. 18/219,273.

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