ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,323, issued on April 7, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Method, system and apparatus for controlling security sirens of a security system" was invented by Thomas Thibault (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Michael Bailey (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method, apparatus and system for controlling one or more security sirens of a security system. A security system controller receives alarm signals from security sensors of the security system. In response, the security system controller determines one or more conditions related to the security system and then generates one or more ...