US Patent Issued to RACHIO on July 14 for "Proximity based controller access" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,449, issued on July 14, was assigned to RACHIO INC. (Denver).

"Proximity based controller access" was invented by Christopher M. Klein (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a method of providing electronic access to a controller (e.g., sprinkler or lighting controller) associated with a first user is disclosed. The method includes determining, via a processing element, a proximity of an access device to the controller, wherein the access device is associated with a second user different than the first user; automatically providing, via the processing element, a grant of access for electronic communications between the...