ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,763, issued on May 5, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Location tracking based on sensor data" was invented by Maikel E. Faltaous (Renton, Wash.), Kristopher Michael McNeil (Sammamish, Wash.), Kevin Lorne Engelbert (Mukilteo, Wash.) and Barry Robert Butterklee (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspect herein capture methods, media, device, and systems that leverage real-time sensor data to trigger events, location tracking, and notification events using customizable configurations of a tracking device with various sensor(s)."

The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/...