US Patent Issued to T-Mobile Innovations on May 13 for "Rescue system" (Washington, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,448, issued on May 13, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Rescue system" was invented by Jim Song (Suwanee, Wash.), Sarah Lynn O'Brien (Seattle), Darrin Michael Lea (Mandeville, La.), Henry Vy (Woodruff, S.C.), Paulyn Ladignon Monasterio (Tucker, Ga.) and Eric Steven Hill (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In emergency or search-and-rescue operations, user devices such as phones may transmit signals that indicate people may be located nearby. The signals can be detected by one or more rover devices, which can explore dangerous terrain for indications of people to be rescued. The user devices c...