US Patent Issued to RapidSOS on May 13 for "Devices and methods for efficient emergency calling" (New Jersey, New York, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,211, issued on May 13, was assigned to RapidSOS Inc. (New York).

"Devices and methods for efficient emergency calling" was invented by Anil Mehta (Makanda, Ill.), Michael John Martin (Long Island City, N.Y.), Nicholas Edward Horelik (Long Island City, N.Y.), Matthew Bozik (New York) and Kris Kolodziej (Califon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices, systems, methods, and media for efficient emergency calling using digital devices. In some embodiments, a user is able to make an emergency call by a one-touch or dual-touch process. An authentication process may reduce inadvertent and unauthorized emergency calling. P...