ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,873, issued on July 21, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Disaster prediction and response using video analytics and positioning data" was invented by Nathan Whelden (Plantation, Fla.), David Corvino (Parkland, Fla.), Luis Costoya (Hialeah, Fla.) and Karl F. Mueller (Sunrise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A server may include an electronic processor configured to broadcast an incident alert to a plurality of communication devices within a geographical area associated with an imminent incident, the incident alert including an enrollment feature, receive, via the enrollment feature in response to the incident al...