ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,492, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KIDDE FIRE PROTECTION LLC (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Method to provide localized voice service" was invented by Pirammanayagam Nallaperumal (Hyderabad, India) and Govardhan Reddy Pagidi (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of monitoring and reporting an environmental parameter, the method including receiving a request for the environmental parameter from a first individual using a voice activated assistant device; detecting a location of the first individual, the location including a room that the first individual is located in; detecting the environmental parameter using an envir...