ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,737, issued on March 25, was assigned to Vivint Inc. (Provo, Utah).

"Device configured to classify events and identify occupants" was invented by Brandon Bunker (Highland, Utah) and Rongbin Lanny Lin (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for smart sensing using a security and automation system are described. One method may include receiving, from a sensor, sensor data associated with an event and one or more occupants at a structure, determining a characteristic of the event based on the received sensor data, determining a type of the event based on the characteristic, and identifying an identity...