ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,487, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Caveon LLC (Midvale, Utah).

"Systems and methods for dynamic monitoring of test taking" was invented by David Foster (Mount Pleasant, Utah) and Steve Addicott (Alphine, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and process for dynamic security monitoring of test taking. The system combines historical information about the test taker or relevant conditions, and includes sensors which objectively monitor test taker's actions, inactions, and involuntary response to the test given before and during the test, and at a specific test location. The information collected from the sensors is compared ...