ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,730, issued on May 6, was assigned to HELIOS SPORTS INC..

"Connected hockey training systems and methods" was invented by William G Near (Portsmouth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connected hockey training system that records and generates digital displays of the position and parameters of a smart hockey puck. The system is also configured to providing training programs about which the smart hockey puck is used to track progress of those training tasks and generate a score or other statistical parameters related thereto, such as feedback on stickhandling and shooting performance."

The patent was filed on Dec. 23, 2021, under...