ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,913, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"System and method for sensor-based improved building usage" was invented by Pamela Marie Andronis Murphy (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Azita Asefi (Vacaville, Calif.), Nathan Craig Bricklin (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Nathan B. Coles (El Cerrito, Calif.), Kevin Anthony King (Concord, Calif.), Dennis E. Montenegro (Concord, Calif.), Stanislav V. Roumiantsev (Albany, Calif.) and Darrell Lee Suen (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure include techniques for building utilization. In one example, a method includes receiving, ...