ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,796, issued on April 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Rule modification at an automation system" was invented by Ramachandra Rao Ganesh (Groningen, Netherlands) and Andrii Semenov (Drachten, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for modifying a rule at a control hub, wherein the control hub is connected to one or more devices and is configured to deliver at least one of audio and/or visual information. The method comprises: acquiring (210) a base routine rule layer for controlling the devices in a usage scenario, where...