ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,067, issued on March 25, was assigned to Enseo LLC (Plano, Texas).

"Set-top box, system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment" was invented by Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, Texas), Thomas R. Miller (Plano, Texas) and William C. Fang (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing awareness in a hospitality environment are presented. In one embodiment, a vertical and horizontal array of set-top boxes is provided and each set-top box includes an identification corresponding to the room in which the set-top box is placed. Each set-top box includes a wireless transceiver that periodical...