ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,680, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Internet of things device-based monitoring and alerting" was invented by Sunil Ramesh (Saratoga, Calif.), Michael Cutter (Golden, Colo.), Robert C. Curtis (Los Gatos, Calif.), Patrick A. Brouillette (Tempe, Ariz.) and Gregory M. Garner (Key Colony Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof for providing a monitoring and alerting service for a premises comprising a set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. An example embodiment operates b...