ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 1 -- United States Patent no. 11,971,843, issued on April 30, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Data processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and method for data processing system" was invented by Takashi Hatayama (Fussa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a data processing apparatus including a processor, the processor is configured to: receive one or more sets of data output from at least one data output apparatus via a communication network, each set of the data including sensor data obtained by at least one sensor and first specifying information that specifies the data processing apparatus; determine whether or not the fi...