ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,966, issued on July 21, was assigned to ABL IP HOLDING LLC (Atlanta).

"Repeater creation for battery powered and low power devices" was invented by Alan David Sanders (Atlanta), Ryan A. Zaveruha (Trumbull, Conn.) and Richard L. Westrick Jr. (Social Circle, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes tracking one or more echoes of an original message sent from a battery-powered device in a wireless communication network. The battery-powered device includes a lighting control device or a phenomenon sensor. The method further includes adjusting a likelihood of designating a repeater for the battery-powered device based on the b...