ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,970, issued on Aug. 26.
"Personal monitoring apparatus and methods" was invented by Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a monitoring device including a database which stores travel itinerary or a travel schedule information of an individual, a global positioning device; and an RFID tag; an RFID reader; and a computer. The computer generates a first message containing information regarding a date and a time when the RFID tag was detected or read and information regarding an address of the venue or information regarding a position or location of the vehicle. The computer transmits ...