ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,610, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"System and method for training a user via an emulated real-world building environment" was invented by Michael Bruce Kane (Cambridge, Mass.) and SungKu Kang (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-based system and corresponding computer-implemented method for training a user via an emulated real-world building environment are provided. Based on an initial training input from a trainer user, a building simulation model is implemented. The building simulation model is configured to produce an emulated real-world building environment. For an iteration of ...