ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,166, issued on May 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Smart home controller refrigerator and control method therefor" was invented by Sang Oh Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Junsang Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Dul Lae Min (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a smart home controller refrigerator and a control method therefor, the smart home controller refrigerator, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprising: a control unit comprising a control protocol communication unit for receiving control information for controlling a home appliance in a hom...