Method and apparatus for infrequent radio users to simply obtain emergency assistance
CA 1292779 C · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Cole, Robert Eldon; Spangler, Fredrick Edward
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A digital mobile radio transceiver allows even the most unsophisticated user to simply and easily obtain emergency communications. The transceiver is programmed with "personality" data specifying one or more "systems", each "system" specifying one or more "groups" of or individual radio transceivers. Systems are selected by operating a first selector switch, and groups are selected by operating a second selector switch. The transceiver simultaneously displays the "group" and "system" which have been selected. One or more group identification codes uniquely designate an emergency communications handler (e.g. an emergency dispatch operator). The group designated by the transceiver group …
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- Granted December 3, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 3, 2008.
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