ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,104, issued on Aug. 11.

"System and method for managing a device and providing instruction from a remote location via a video display" was invented by Rami Ayed Osaimi (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for commanding a device via a video display. The device has a camera directed at the video display and is in communication with a processor. A command displayed on the video display is received by the camera. The processor interprets the command received by the camera and executes the interpreted command by instructing the device to carry out the command. The method and system enables the operation of t...