ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,406, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Raptor Technologies LLC (Houston).

"Network based reunification management using portable devices" was invented by James J. Vesterman (Houston), Gary Kincade (Houston), David Van Camp (Houston) and Peter J. Trate (Fresno, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computing device(s) are configured for managing the reunification of students with parents during an emergency or a drill for a simulated emergency. The reunification of students with guardians may be managed through the operations of various user interfaces (UIs) presented on the device(s). Different UIs may be configured to support differen...