ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,528, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GENETEC INC. (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

"Computer-implemented methods and apparatuses for defining context-based rules for identifying occurrences of situations in security monitoring systems" was invented by Mortimer Hubin (Laval, Canada) and Etienne St-Charles (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method, a device, and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed to enable the definition of rules for identifying occurrences of situations in a security system. The method is performed at an electronic device with access to a user interface. The method includes:...