ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,948, issued on July 8.
"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 database which stores a travel itinerary or schedule of an individual; a global positioning device located in or at a personal monitoring device; an RFID reader located at an entrance or exit of a venue or a vehicle; a receiver located in or at the personal monitoring device; a processor which controls an operation of the personal monitoring device; and a transmitter located in or at the personal monitoring device. The RFID reader detects or reads an RFID tag an...