ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,638, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Methods and apparatus for assisted emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS)" was invented by Peshal Nayak (Plano, Texas), Boon Loong Ng (Plano, Texas), Rubayet Shafin (Allen, Texas), Vishnu Vardhan Ratnam (Plano, Texas), Yue Qi (Plano, Texas) and Elliot Jen (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication network includes an assistance-seeking access point (AP) that needs assistance in providing emergency preparedness communication services (EPCS) operation. An assisting AP is EPCS enabled AP and provid...