ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,395, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to i911 International Inc. (Hallandale Beach, Fla.).

"System for intelligent first responder assignment to a water vessel" was invented by Christopher Ryan Bennett (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method are disclosed for enabling assignment of a responder unit to a user on a water vessel. The rescue system transmits a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a user device on the water vessel, the SMS message comprising a selectable option that, when selected, causes a location of the user device to be shared. Based on a selection by a user of the user device of th...