ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,364, issued on July 29, was assigned to Terrain Scouts LLC (Boise, Idaho).

"Systems, methods, and storage media for path validation" was invented by Michael Morse (Boise, Idaho) and Spencer Lee Oldemeyer (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and storage media for path validation are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may comprise identifying a target path for an activity, including a start and end point, as well as a buffer zone surrounding at least a portion of the target path, receiving a plurality of progressive checkpoints, each intersecting the target path and the buffer zone at one or more points, rec...