US Patent Issued to The University of Chicago on Aug. 18 for "Electronic monitoring (EM) GPS decision aid" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,850, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to The University of Chicago (Chicago).

"Electronic monitoring (EM) GPS decision aid" was invented by Benjamin Thevathasan (Chicago), Steven Levitt (Chicago) and Jeffrey Severts (Hinsdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for electronic monitoring. A method of electronic monitoring comprises receiving a location of a participant, receiving data associated with the participant, and determining an alert level for the participant based on the data and the location of the participant."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/768,399.

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