US Patent Issued on July 15 for "Apparatus, system and methods for providing notifications and dynamic security information during an emergency crisis" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,817, issued on July 15.

"Apparatus, system and methods for providing notifications and dynamic security information during an emergency crisis" was invented by John McNutt (Elgin, Ill.), Ken Volkening (Hampshire, Ill.), John Shales (Elgin, Ill.) and Todd Stirn (Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system and methods for notifying first responders of the general or specific location of a security crisis or threat in a building or public location, and the type of threat or crisis that has occurred, while notifying building occupants or others in the public location of the crisis and how to respon...