Patents by Inventor Budd L. Schubert

Budd L. Schubert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages
    Patent number: 9425909
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or more associates of a subscriber corresponding to the communication device; and receive an emergency alert message of a public emergency alert system for a zone of coverage, wherein the subscriber is in the zone of coverage and wherein the emergency alert message is transmitted to one or more associate communication devices of each of the one or more associates according to the selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Ostermeier, Budd L. Schubert
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages
    Patent number: 8422640
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or more associates of a subscriber corresponding to the communication device; and receive an emergency alert message of a public emergency alert system for a zone of coverage, wherein the subscriber is in the zone of coverage and wherein the emergency alert message is transmitted to one or more associate communication devices of each of the one or more associates according to the selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Ostermeier, Budd L. Schubert
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20120227068
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or more associates of a subscriber corresponding to the communication device; and receive an emergency alert message of a public emergency alert system for a zone of coverage, wherein the subscriber is in the zone of coverage and wherein the emergency alert message is transmitted to one or more associate communication devices of each of the one or more associates according to the selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Ostermeier, Budd L. Schubert
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages
    Patent number: 8199885
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or more associates of a subscriber corresponding to the communication device; and receive an emergency alert message of a public emergency alert system for a zone of coverage, wherein the subscriber is in the zone of coverage and wherein the emergency alert message is transmitted to one or more associate communication devices of each of the one or more associates according to the selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Ostermeier, Budd L. Schubert
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20080291849
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or more associates of a subscriber corresponding to the communication device; and receive an emergency alert message of a public emergency alert system for a zone of coverage, wherein the subscriber is in the zone of coverage and wherein the emergency alert message is transmitted to one or more associate communication devices of each of the one or more associates according to the selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.
    Inventors: ROBERT OSTERMEIER, BUDD L. SCHUBERT