ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,177, issued on May 13, was assigned to Global Tel*Link Corp. (Reston, Va.).
"Wearable devices in a controlled environment" was invented by Stephen L. Hodge (Aubrey, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device and method for operating the wearable device in a controlled environment customizes a dynamic user interface on the wearable device to display or prevent the display of applications on the wearable device based at least in part on a determined location of the wearable device within the controlled environment. The dynamic user interface can include a physical or virtual keyboard. The wearable device is lockable such th...