ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,917, issued on April 15.
"System and apparatus for mitigating of bad posture and property loss through computer-assisted appliance" was invented by Andrew Nichols (Boynton Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless, programmable system, including one or more sensors devices, a controller device, and a wireless communication link that operationally connects the sensor device to the controller device(s). The system may alert when a sensor device and controller device exceed a predetermined threshold of distance and/or time. Controller device(s) may also be, or in addition to, a handheld computer device, such as a smartphone. ...