ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,176, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ALT 236 LLC (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Time and attendance system suitable for large or mobile work forces" was invented by Oliver Von Troll (Pompano Beach, Fla.), Cheryl L. Doel (Delray Beach, Fla.), Vardan Karapetyan (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Yerem Khalatyan (Yerevan, Armenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for managing and monitoring productivity on subjects within one or more worksites is disclosed. The system includes a computing device, and in some embodiments a wearable device, configured to collect data associated with an employee on the one or more worksites ...