ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,083, issued on March 24, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Customized device pairing based on device features" was invented by Carl Sassenrath (Ukiah, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various embodiments for customized device pairing based on device features. An embodiment operates by receiving, from a first device, a pairing message indicating one or more buttons of the first device available for pairing the first device with a second device, wherein the first device does not include an alphanumeric keypad. A sequence of actions to be performed on the first device is generated. The sequence of...