ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,771, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SOMFY SYSTEMS INC. (Dayton, N.J.).
"Data hub powered by a device connected thereto" was invented by Tyler Reich (Dayton, N.J.), Ty Saville (Dayton, N.J.), Corey Barnwell (Dayton, N.J.), John Kain (Dayton, N.J.), Michael Pearce (Dayton, N.J.) and Rahul Goradia (Dayton, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data hub of a home automation system is powered by a power supply of at least one powered device of the home automation system that is connected to the data hub. By providing power to the data hub from the one of the devices that are connected to it, the need for a separate power source is eli...