ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,944, issued on March 17, was assigned to Roku Inc..
"Internet of things application store" was invented by Donald R. Woodward Jr. (Monte Sereno, Calif.), Robert C. Curtis (Los Gatos, Calif.) 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 implementing an Internet of Things (IoT) application store. An embodiment provides a digital marketplace service and a smart installation service. The digital marketplace service enables a user to browse a plurality of IoT applications an...