ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,664, issued on Feb. 17.
"Personal monitoring apparatus and methods" was invented by Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a personal monitoring device and a drone. The personal monitoring device monitors a movement of the individual and detects a deviation from an expected position or location, or detects a deviation from an expected travel route, by the individual, generates a message containing information regarding when the individual deviated from the expected position or location or deviated from the expected travel route, and transmits the message or information contained in ...