ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,268, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Predictive personal threat levels via user device" was invented by Nigel Bradley (Canton, Ga.), Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas), James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas), Ari Craine (Marietta, Ga.) and Robert Koch (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology is directed towards detection of personal threats to a user based on information known to a user's device and other information. A device with a personal threat application program and server communicate information, including data describing the user's current physical situat...