ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,475, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SimpliSafe Inc. (Boston).

"Security system application" was invented by Jordan Thayer (Hopkinton, Mass.), Dan Sundell (Medford, Mass.) and Charles Laurans (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes rendering, via a touchscreen, a graphical user interface comprising a first control configured to receive a selection of a location monitored by a first device and a second control configured to receive a selection of a setting to apply to a system. The system includes the first device and a second device. The second device is configured to communicate with the first device. T...