ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,300, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UIPCO LLC (San Antonio).

"Providing location-based safety alerts" was invented by Michael Clinton Arndt (Valrico, Fla.), Rosa Maria Smith (San Antonio), Nolan Serrao (Plano, Texas), Olamide Oluwatomi Fanilola (Frisco, Texas), Ana Rosa Maldonado (San Antonio) and Megan Sarah Jennings (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A location-based safety alert system can gather data describing potential health- and safety-related issues at various geographic locations (e.g., crime statistics, disease spread rates, weather reports, and travel advisories). The location-based safety alert system can de...