US Patent Issued to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus and method for controlling a device" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,786, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Apparatus and method for controlling a device" was invented by James J. Fitzgibbon (Batavia, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a user device is provided that includes a processor configured to execute a user interface application, a controllable device application, and an operating system of the user device. The user device includes communication circuitry configured to facilitate communication between the controllable device application and the controllable device. The user interface application is configured to detect a notificati...