Patents by Inventor STEVE J. NOWLAN

STEVE J. NOWLAN 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).

  • USING AUXILIARY INFORMATION TO DIRECT USERS OF WIRELESS DEVICES TO SAFETY IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ALERTS
    Publication number: 20090170467
    Abstract: A method and a wireless device (120, 122) utilize auxiliary information associated with an emergency alert system alert message to direct a user of the wireless device (120, 122) to safety. A wireless communication system (102) wirelessly transmits an emergency alert system (EAS) alert message to a wireless device (120, 122). The wireless communication system (102) also wirelessly transmits an augmented EAS alert message to the wireless device (120, 122). The augmented EAS alert message includes auxiliary information that provides information to the wireless device (120, 122) to direct a user of the wireless device (120, 122) to move at least one of toward a safe zone (150) and away from a danger zone (158). The auxiliary information in the augmented EAS alert message is optionally adjusted based on any combination of: the location of the wireless device, the safe zone, and the danger zone, and the logistics of a vicinity affected by the danger zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: STEVE J. NOWLAN, Wayne Ballantyne, Mark A. Gannon, Louis J. Lundell, Lou J. Vannatta