ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,309, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Home device interoperability" was invented by Christopher J. Lee (Los Altos, Calif.), Andreas I. Gal (Portola Valley, Calif.) and Keith W. Rauenbuehler (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a processor configured to receive, over a local area network and from an accessory electronic device connected to the local area network, a request to register with the electronic device. The processor may also be configured to register the accessory electronic device for a service provided by the electronic device based on the request...