ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,437, issued on July 22, was assigned to CSC Holdings LLC (Bethpage, N.Y.).

"Task-specific GPS-enabled network fault annunciator" was invented by Robert Cruickshank III (Big Indian, N.Y.) and Lou Riley (Smithtown, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a system, method, and a computer program product for notifying a technician when a repair task the technician is addressing may be negatively impacted by a nearby fault and/or if the technician is qualified to repair a nearby fault. The technician is qualified if the technician has the necessary skills, parts (e.g., materials), and/or equipment (test equipment) required...