ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,502, issued on Dec. 16.
"Prioritized resident electronic device in home" was invented by Benjamin S. Turner (San Francisco), Andreas I. Gal (San Mateo, Calif.), Hung Q. Le (Mountain View, Calif.), Karsten Sperling (Auckland, New Zealand) and Keith W. Rauenbuehler (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure include a method for communicating between a controller device and resident device. An example method includes detecting, by a controller, the resident device and an accessory connected to a local network. Establishing, by the controller, a first direct connection with the accessory. Receiving, by the co...