ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,931, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Domestic appliance commissioning" was invented by Anand Ashok Bora (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A domestic appliance or method of commissioning may include establishing a wireless connection between a previously commissioned appliance and an uncommissioned appliance over a secondary connection channel. A method may also include transmitting a signal-strength request to the uncommissioned appliance from the previously commissioned appliance. The method may further include receiving signal-strength data corresponding to a loc...