US Patent Issued to ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST PROPERTY on July 15 for "System and method for contextual drink detection" (Texas, Colorado, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,233, issued on July 15, was assigned to ELECTRICITY NORTH WEST PROPERTY Ltd. (Stockport, Great Britain).

"System and method for contextual drink detection" was invented by Nithin O. Rajan (Austin, Texas), Byron P. Olson (Boone, Iowa), Dustin M. Freckleton (Austin, Texas), David E. Clift-Reaves (Austin, Texas), Paulo E. Xavier Da Silveira (Boulder, Colo.), Namita Lokare (Austin, Texas) and Mandy Marie Salinas (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method operable to monitor hydration and drink activity using one or more body-worn sensors and contextual information to more accurately detect drinking motions made by ...