ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,483, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MFTB Holdco Inc. (Seattle).

"Automated localization using beacon transmitter devices of data acquired in buildings" was invented by Sean P. Cier (Ravensdale, Wash.), Sing Bing Kang (Redmond, Wash.) and Chris North (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations for using wireless transmitter devices (e.g., beacon devices) at a building for determining the acquisition locations of images or other data acquired at the building, and for subsequently using the acquired data and determined acquisition location information in ...