US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on June 16 for "Methods and apparatus for deployment of monitoring and control devices in a wireless network" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,769, issued on June 16, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Methods and apparatus for deployment of monitoring and control devices in a wireless network" was invented by Larry Arvid Lake (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are directed to apparatus and methods for deploying wireless control devices in a wireless network. A method includes providing a portable wireless signal strength measurement device configured with one or more wireless interfaces to emulate communication capabilities of a control device. The portable wireless signal strength measurement device is transported to a pote...