Patent ID: 11924732
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
at least one antenna;
at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform cellular communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT);
one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform voice and/or data communications;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:
establish, while out of range of cellular service, a peer-to-peer communication session with a cooperating UE using a channel in an unlicensed frequency band;
transmit, using the peer-to-peer communication session, an emergency notification to the cooperating UE, wherein the emergency notification includes an approximate location of the UE;
communicate with a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), wherein communications are relayed between the UE and the PSAP by the cooperating UE via a function of a core network; and
communicate with a third-party cloud server, wherein communications are relayed between the UE and the third-party cloud server by the cooperating UE.