ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,718, issued on Sept. 15.
"Method and apparatus for a cloud connected IoT wine storage system" was invented by Paul Goodwin (Cedar Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensor modules referred to herein as "buds", are connected by wireline or wirelessly to a controller referred to herein as a "root" in what is referred to herein as a vine to provide inventory control information for a wine storage facility. Buds sense when objects are moved into or out of sensing range of a proximity sensor and, in alternative embodiments, may also track or control other quantities of interest, like the local temperature, humidity, or VOCs. A ro...