ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,997, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ubiquitous Connectivity LP (Fayetteville, Ark.).

"One command to enter an energy conservation mode for a plurality of environmental devices" was invented by Charles Shamoon (Fayetteville, Ark.), Deborah Shamoon (Fayetteville, Ark.), Franklin Eugene Neal (Ashland, Ky.) and Michael Fehnel (Fuquay-Varina, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermostat control system for monitoring and controlling environmental characteristics of a building includes a base station unit and a remote access unit continuously interfacing through instant wireless private direct connectivity. The system also includes a ...