ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,871, issued on Jan. 27.
"Dual mode wander management and elopement prevention system" was invented by David Srul Matyas (Lakewood, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, device, and method are provided for tracking the location of a wearable device. The wearable device includes an ultra-wideband (UWB) module for micro tracking via interactions with fixed-location or mobile UWB anchors, and a short-range communication module for transmitting location data to a backend location server, either through a gateway or over a network. The system may also include an escort device, which operates as a mobile anchor and is capable of pai...