ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,914, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Internet of things lock system" was invented by Ryan C. Kincaid (Indianapolis) and Brian C. Eickhoff (Danville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary Internet of Things (IoT) module for a lockset includes a housing assembly configured for mounting with the lockset, a controller, a wireless transceiver, and a sensor array, and may further include an LED array. The controller is in communication with an external device via the wireless transceiver, and is configured to transmit to the external device information received from the sensor array. The ...