ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,371, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Caller Alert LLC (Evansville, Ind.).

"Method and system for alerting individuals experiencing sensory limitations and/or sensory interference" was invented by Jason Gerst (Evansville, Ind.), Alex Adelson (Hoboken, N.J.), Dan Hilgert (Glencoe, Minn.), Chris Owens (Prior Lake, Minn.), Alex Anderson (Duluth, Minn.), David Eckerson (North Dighton, Mass.) and Todd Smith (Hillsboro, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for alerting individuals experiencing sensory limitations and/or sensory interference is provided according to the invention. The apparatus includes a user interface device...