ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,231, issued on June 16, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Commissioning device using a short-range signal" was invented by Debora Yoon Grosse (Atlanta), Maina Aoita (Atlanta), Tyler Brian Morris (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Parag Sonawane (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A commissioning device can include a commissioning device controller that is configured to: broadcast, using a first wireless communication technology from a location in a volume of space, a query signal within a broadcast range that covers a portion of a zone of interest within the volume of space; receive a confirmation signal from...