ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,950, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Location and navigation assistant" was invented by Tezan Sahu (Hyderabad, India) and Pravin Vithalrao Bhandakkar (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques presented herein are directed to a system for automated navigation assistance in indoor environments. In general, navigating an unfamiliar indoor environment can be a daunting task. This is especially true for large environments such as corporate offices, university campuses, shopping centers, and hospitals. Accordingly, the present system utilizes a reference datab...