ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,279, issued on June 3, was assigned to EnOcean GmbH (Oberhaching, Germany).

"Remote switch and method for communication with a remote switch" was invented by Frank Schmidt (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote switch including a first wireless interface for sending switch commands. The remote switch has a second wireless interface arranged separate from the first. The second wireless interface is configured for the wireless transmission of information between the remote switch and an external device. A method for communication between a remote switch and an external device is also disclosed. The method involves creating a co...