ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,937, issued on May 5, was assigned to EXACTTRAK Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Asset tracker, method of tracking an asset and security server for locating the asset" was invented by Norman Shaw (Banbury, Great Britain) and John Pragnell (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking device for tracking an asset at a facility is described herein. The tracking device comprises a communication interface configured to communicate with at least one beacon in proximity to the tracking device and an altitude sensor. The tracking device is configured to receive, via the communication interface, at least one signal from the at least ...