ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,627, issued on Sept. 29.
"Automated pet entry system" was invented by Shruti Narottambhai Ladani (Newark, Calif.), Hemal Rameshbhai Meghpara (Newark, Calif.) and Mitul Dilipbhai Modi (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet entry system and process including determining if a sensor or button has been triggered or activated; activating or waking at least one processor if at least one sensor or button has been triggered or activated; scanning for a wireless key signal; receiving a wireless key signal from a tag; validating or authenticating the wireless key signal received from the tag; evaluating a distance of the tag ...