ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,111, issued on June 16.

"Water buoy data system" was invented by John W. Tauriac (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water buoys sense water characteristics and wirelessly transfer the water characteristics for delivery to a computer system. The computer system receives the water characteristics wirelessly transferred by the water buoys. The computer system receives a location and a user water condition preference transferred by a user communication device. The computer system processes the water characteristics, the location, and the user water condition preference, and in response, generates and transfers water condi...