ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,232, issued on Oct. 21.

"Systems and methods for monitoring compliance with recovery goals" was invented by Michael Jerome Senger (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for incentivizing a user to satisfy a goal for attending twelve step meetings. The method includes the steps of: providing the user with a mobile device; detecting the presence of the mobile device at a first location and at a first time selected by the user; comparing the first time and the first location to a database of approved meetings, wherein the comparing is substantially contemporaneous with the first time; and providing a reward to the u...