ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,935, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SUMMIT WASH HOLDINGS LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Real-time collection and display of management information" was invented by Kevin D. Matthews (Omaha, Neb.) and Stephen M. Hudson Jr. (Omaha, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A real-time management system includes a processor to receive a schedule with tasks to be completed by a first associate at time intervals, a database with contact information for a device of the first associate and another device of a second associate having a managerial role with respect to the first associate, and a communications interface to initiate communications with the...