ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,827, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cyber-Dive Corp (Mesa, Ariz.).
"System and application for smartphone restrictions and monitoring" was invented by Derek Jackson (Phoenix), Harshini Kanukuntla (Tempe, Ariz.), Siddhesh Rao (Tempe, Ariz.), Narasimha Siva Saketh Emani (Mesa, Ariz.), Rashmi Atul Bongirwar (Phoenix) and Kelli Jackson (Gilbert, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and restricting smartphone usage among children, enhancing parental oversight and mental health support. The system includes internet-connected central servers executing monitoring softwar...