US Patent Issued to PlaceIQ on June 23 for "System and method to collect device location context without the collection of raw, detailed location data at scale" (New York, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,221, issued on June 23, was assigned to PlaceIQ Inc. (New York).

"System and method to collect device location context without the collection of raw, detailed location data at scale" was invented by Stephen Milton (Lyons, Colo.) and Drew Breunig (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a distributed application that shifts certain server-side operations from geolocation analytics platforms to client computing devices to enhance consumer privacy and the collection and use of potentially sensitive, personal data about an individual and their mobile device."

The patent was filed on Feb. 19, 2020, under Application No. 16/79...