ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,387, issued on April 1, was assigned to 2KR SYSTEMS LLC (Barrington, N.H.).

"Building rooftop intelligence gathering and decision-support system and methods of augmented-reality supported building inspection" was invented by Christopher C. Dundorf (Barrington, N.H.) and Patrick Melvin (Lee, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building intelligence gathering, assessment and decision-support system including a GPS system deployed about the Earth and supporting a plurality of GPS satellites for transmitting GPS signals to the surface of the Earth. A building data sensor network, including a plurality of GPS-tracked rooftop-mounted sen...