ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,499, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for remotely activating a wireless radio" was invented by David Mannfeld (Carmel, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure describe systems and methods for remotely modifying an operating state of a wireless radio on a first device via a second device. The system comprises a first device comprising a wireless radio, and a controller in a second device configured to communicate with the first device via a serial communication bus. The controller is configured to receive an input to trigger a change in an oper...