ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,375, issued on March 3, was assigned to ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG (Stockholm).

"Method for pairing an electronic accessory provided with one or more motion sensors to a household appliance connected to a computer network" was invented by Igor Perelygin (Stockholm).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for pairing an electronic accessory provided with one or more motion sensors to a household appliance connected to a computer network. The method includes transmitting a connection request from the electronic accessory to the household appliance, transmitting an identification code request from the household appliance to the com...