US Patent Issued to T-Mobile USA on March 25 for "Telecommunications service configured for personal safety and security" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,738, issued on March 25, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Telecommunications service configured for personal safety and security" was invented by Wilfred I. Tucker (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking system is configured for personal safety and security. The tracking system includes an Internet of Things (IoT) device having a multifunctional ultraviolet (UV) light sensor and optionally includes one or more Time of Flight (ToF) sensors. The multifunctional UV sensor is used to detect when smoke particles exceed a threshold and when UV light exceeds a threshold. The thresholds vary dependi...