US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on Oct. 14 for "Internet of things-enabled dinnerware to enhance food service operations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,005, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Internet of things-enabled dinnerware to enhance food service operations" was invented by Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas) and James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for enhancing food service operations using Internet of Things-enabled dinnerware are disclosed. One method performed by a processing system including at least one processor includes obtaining data about a food item that is being prepared for a consumer, forwarding the data about the food item to an internet of things-enable...