ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,571, issued on June 30, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Construction jobsite computer data network and location system" was invented by Andrew E. Seman Jr. (Pylesville, Md.), Daniel J. White (Baltimore), Ryan H. Peloquin (Ellicott City, Md.), Matthew J. Velderman (Baltimore) and Randy L. Rhoades (Seward, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jobsite computer network has a local server connectable to a remote server via the internet, a network access transceiver connected to the local server, and a wireless device in wireless communication with the network access transceiver. The network access transceiver re...