ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,570, issued on March 3, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Electronic devices for controlling lights" was invented by James Siminoff (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Michael V. Recker (Gaithersburg, Md.), Ryan David Hruska (North Royalton, Ohio) and David Brett Levine (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a network device that is capable of coordinating the control of light emitters. For example, the network device may receive data indicating conditions for activating the light emitters. The network device may then receive sensor data generated by various sensors, such as m...