ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,178, issued on June 9, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Internet-of-things device commissioning service" was invented by Alexander Truskovsky (Waterloo, Canada), Satyajeet Hoskote (Oak Hill, Va.), Lukas Joseph Rash (Washington), Leonid Wilde (Kirkland, Wash.), Keerthan Harish Vasist (Campbell, Calif.) and Todd Cignetti (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Security workflows of a smart home connectivity protocol are integrated to establish device identities and ensure certification within a device commissioning service of a provider network. The service provider of the provider network can synchronize the co...