ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,796, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).
"Premises automation control" was invented by Michael Sallas (Radnor, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and methods are described for sending and receiving a plurality of content streams including audio, video, or audio-video content and one or more command streams. The command streams may include premises automation commands associated with performing one or more functions at a premises. The commands may, for example, instruct a lighting system to turn on/off lights, a security system to enter an a...