ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,376, issued on April 21, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Smart thermostat" was invented by Justin Wodrich (Los Gatos, Calif.), Sung Kyun Bai (San Jose, Calif.), Dongkyu Lee (Castro Valley, Calif.), Phan Thao Benno Dang (San Francisco), William Dong (Orange, Calif.) and Eun Hee Jo (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart thermostat includes a housing having a cylindrical sidewall, a domed lens, and a ring mounted to the sidewall of the housing, a wireless network interface housed by the housing, and an electronic display including a display frame. The electronic display is housed by the housing su...