US Patent Issued to Transfinder on July 1 for "Patrol management system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,543, issued on July 1, was assigned to Transfinder Corp. (Schenectady, N.Y.).

"Patrol management system" was invented by Joseph Messia (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Antonio Civitella (Schenectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of managing patrols includes one or more processors receiving GPS data from multiple patrol mobile devices. The processors receive GPS data for the patrols and compare the same to GPS coordinates for patrol points. Patrol points are displayed on a digital map using patrol status visual indicators. The patrol status is based upon the length of time between the last patrol of the patrol point and the time...