ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,265, issued on June 23, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"User approval options to allow or reject near-field access for technician to connect to the system" was invented by Praveen Kumar G (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system allow a near-field wireless connection between a climate control system and a service edge device to be established for servicing the climate control system. A request to establish the near-field wireless connection is sent from the service edge device to a server or other processor associated with the climate control system. The server may verify the serv...