ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,673, issued on May 12, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Smart device configuration guidance via automated assistant interface of separate client device" was invented by Alexandra Fitzgerald (Santa Clara, Calif.), Jesse Boettcher (San Jose, Calif.) and Melissa Daniels (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are described for tailoring instructions for configuring a smart device based on feedback received from the smart device and/or based on feedback received from a device that is separate from the smart device. Some implementations additionally or alternative...