ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,059, issued on July 14, was assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"IoT device management method and terminal" was invented by Zhen Liu (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Zhao (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internet of things (IoT) device management method includes, after receiving a first input, an IoT device that sends, by short-range communication, a first message including an identifier of the IoT device and a registration status of the IoT device. When the registration status of the IoT device indicates that the IoT device is registered, the mobile terminal displays a control interface of the IoT dev...