ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,061, issued on March 11, was assigned to QUIXOTIC HOLDINGS LLC (Fife, Wash.).

"Object tracking using cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network" was invented by Ryan Scott Luther (Lakeland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein are directed to tracking objects using a cognitive heterogeneous ad hoc mesh network. A first participant receives a notification signal from a second participant. The first participant determines first positioning information from the notification signal and second positioning information from characteristics of the received signal. If the difference between the first and second p...