ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,157, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Proactive Life Inc. (New York).

"Sleep tracking method and device" was invented by Daniel Ian Gartenberg (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for enhanced sleep tracking, monitoring, and conditioning are discussed herein. A device may be couplable to, or integrally formed with, a piece of furniture (a "nearable") receives sensor data from one or more sensors accessible to the device and, based on a determined stage of sleep, may actuate one or more devices for conditioning sleep. In some examples, the nearable may be configured to receive a smartphone such that one or...