ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,445, issued on April 21, was assigned to Ubicquia Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Distributed computing environment via a plurality of regularly spaced, aerially mounted wireless smart sensor networking devices" was invented by Bradford Brian Hutson (Vero Beach, Fla.), Ian B. Aaron (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Ronald B. Zimmerman III (Wellington, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A networking device includes a light sensor, a processor module, a communication module, and a connector. The processor module is arranged to provide a light control signal based on at least one ambient light signal generated by the light sensor, and to obt...