ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,694, issued on March 18, was assigned to Digital Global Systems Inc. (Tysons Corner, Va.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for automatic signal detection based on power distribution by frequency over time within an electromagnetic spectrum" was invented by David William Kleinbeck (Lees Summit, Mo.) and Ronald C. Dzierwa (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatic signal detection in a radio-frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. At least one node device is in a fixed nodal network. The at least one node device is operable to measure and learn the RF environment in a predetermined period ...