ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,329, issued on April 7, was assigned to The ADT Security Corp. (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Cellular and local area network (LAN) converters for premises monitoring systems" was invented by Charbel E. Hayek (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cellular converter in communication with at least one premises device of a premises monitoring system and at least one client device is provided. The cellular converter is configured to route cellular communications between a cellular communication network and the at least one premises device and between the cellular communication network and the at least one client device, monitor first ...