ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,890, issued on June 24, was assigned to Stack Labs Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"People wellness monitoring" was invented by Brian Barbe (Haymarket, Va.), Alexander Wu (Haymarket, Va.), Seongyong Lim (Haymarket, Va.) and Wesley Cheng (Haymarket, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for encouraging physical activity among one or more subjects by using sensors to track motion and other physical activity of the subject; creating an activity index based on the tracked data to measure overall activity levels; and providing feedback to the senior through a chatbot or other interface to encourage physical activi...