ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,395, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Daniel Schumaier (Elizabethton, Tenn.).

"System for delivery of disaster warnings via satellite" was invented by Daniel R. Schumaier (Elizabethton, Tenn.), Shawn Stahmer (Erwin, Tenn.), Seth Elkins (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Richard Trent (Jonesborough, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency warning system is in communication with a global satellite network comprising individual satellites, each operable to transmit downlink signals extending over a downlink footprint. The system includes one or more server computers that receive an alert signal from an alerting system, determine the lo...