ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,895, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Tile Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Power-efficient tracking using machine-learned patterns and routines" was invented by Roger William Ady (Chicago), John A. Renaldi (Park Ridge, Ill.), David E. Stude (Barrington, Ill.) and Peter Gene Jansons (Elburn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method comprises accessing historical signal and other information received from a tracking device configured to scan for signals transmitted by local devices and record other data as the tracking device moves within the geographic area during each of a plurality time intervals. A training dataset is generated ba...