ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,895, issued on July 29, was assigned to RapidSOS Inc. (New York).

"Systems and methods for intelligently managing multimedia for emergency response" was invented by Michael John Martin (Long Island City, N.Y.), John Paul Lawrence (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Nicholas Edward Horelik (Long Island City, N.Y.), Zvika Ferentz (Rye Brook, N.Y.) and Ahmed Hassan (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, devices, methods, and media for connecting a user for transmitting multimedia from electronic devices to emergency service providers. In some embodiments, a method for transmitting multimedia from an electronic device...