ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,876, issued on May 13, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"System and method for remote device monitoring" was invented by Kent Shue (Bonner Springs, Kan.), Carlos Aguilera (Lenexa, Kan.), Marcus Parrott (Kansas City, Mo.), Jerry Wade Specht (Overland Park, Kan.) and Perry Peden Jr. (Overland Park, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A railroad infrastructure communication network is presented. The network can include a plurality of infrastructure nodes distributed proximate a railroad track, such as near railroad equipment and/or assets. Infrastructure nodes can be configured to receive data from equipment sensor ...