ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,144, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Bois-Colombes, France).

"Standby modes to minimise consumption and startup time" was invented by Jerome Berger (Bois-Colombes, France) and Gabriel Bouvigne (Bois-Colombes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Piece of equipment (1) comprising at least one sensor (4, 6), at least one first component (8) and at least one second component (11, 12), which is quicker to start up than the at least one first component, the piece of equipment being arranged to operate according to at least: one first standby mode, wherein at least one first sensor (4) is switched on, the piec...