ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,939, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to INPIXON (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Proactive loss prevention system" was invented by James Francis Hallett (Vancouver, Canada), Kirk Arnold Moir (Vancouver, Canada) and Eddie Shek Cheung Ho (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for Proactive Loss Prevention (PLP) System in venue and retail using wireless-based technology. Physical security measures are the first line of defense for protecting assets in any venue and retail spaces. These systems (e.g. Electronic Article Surveillance systems) are widely deployed in retail spaces. However, retail theft is still estimat...