ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,924, issued on June 17, was assigned to IKE SMART CITY LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Interactive kiosk with emergency call module" was invented by Alan J. Gilbert (Westerville, Ohio), Lawrence A. Duarte (Arvada, Colo.) and Cody C. Walker (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a publicly-accessible kiosk and method for requesting emergency assistance by a responder. The kiosk includes a base constructed for installation in a public setting, and an interface that is supportable by the base to receive user input corresponding to content requested to be presented by the kiosk. A control system, as a result of executing ...