ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,147, issued on March 17, was assigned to DK Crown Holdings Inc. (Boston).

"Systems and methods for local network search optimization based on timers" was invented by Aaron Tenbuuren (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Sam MacGinty (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for local network search optimization based on timers are disclosed. A system can receive first image data from a capture device, the first image data comprising a plurality of first pixels representing an environment. The system can generate a first set of values from the plurality of first pixels and initiate a timer corresponding to the first image data....