ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,678, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Alitheon Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Authentication-based tracking" was invented by David Justin Ross (Redmond, Wash.) and Scot E. Land (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems integrate digital fingerprint authentication-based identification and location tracking into a single, continuous process in which an authentication-integrated tracking system is simultaneously aware of both the identity and location of each physical object at all times as they move along a conveyance system. Insertion or removal of an object is quickly detected and reported. Rapid reestablishment a...