ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,965, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Systems and methods for location tracking and association of multiple devices" was invented by Aurel Pjetri (Florence, Italy), Luca Bravi (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy), Marco Boschi (Ravenna, Italy), Stefano Caprasecca (Florence, Italy) and Tommaso Mugnai (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may receive, from a first device, first tracking data that includes first temporal data and first location data, and may receive, from a second device, second tracking data that includes second temporal data and second location data. ...