ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,309, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).
"Sensor enabled location awareness system" was invented by Shahpour Ashaari (Bethesda, Md.), David C. Lin (Falls Church, Va.), Seth S. Vasa (Olney, Md.), Scott R. Bombaugh (Burke, Va.), Mario Andre Salisbury (Miami), Thomas Jay Graham (Chantilly, Va.) and Erich Joseph Petre (Gainesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of identifying wearable tags or other items within a facility. The location of the identifiable item can be calculated by the system and used to improve the efficiency of the facility or to dispatch emergency help ...