ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,676, issued on July 14, was assigned to RACHIO INC. (Denver).

"Smart adapter for outdoor lighting systems" was invented by Christopher M. Klein (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of activating a lighting system including grouping a plurality of lights into two or more lighting zones, wherein the plurality of lights are coupled to a power controller, coupling the two or more lighting zones to a bypass controller, wherein the two or more lighting zones are configured to be actuated together or separately, and activating at least one of the two or more lighting zones via the bypass controller."

The patent was filed on Marc...