ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,695, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for state detection via wireless radios" was invented by Niels van Erven (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Connor Riley Northend (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for localizing individuals in a region using wireless signals in accordance with embodiments are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for localizing individuals in a region between wireless devices of a system. The method receives wireless signal strength data for signals transmitted along signal paths between several wireless playback devices trans...