ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,655, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Oura Health Oy (Oulu, Finland).

"Techniques for device factory reset and other control functionalities" was invented by Jussi Kivilinna (Oulu, Finland), Teemu Takaluoma (Oulu, Finland), Michael Chapp (Lafayette, Calif.) and Yogesh Pande (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for wearable devices are described. In particular, the methods, systems, and devices described herein may be used to perform factory resets and perform other control actions for wearable devices without the use of user interfaces or wearable applications. A wearable device may detect tha...