ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,865, issued on June 16, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Opportunistic position location determination and reporting for asset tracking and monitoring" was invented by An Chen (San Diego) and Alex Park (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, from a server, first data that is indicative of a first likelihood of the UE successfully performing at least one of a position fix or a transmission of sensor data based on a first set of characteristics associated with the UE and at least one additional UE. The method includes computing, based on the first data and a seco...