US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Aug. 25 for "System, apparatus and method for automatically associating a thermostat with a location" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,714, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System, apparatus and method for automatically associating a thermostat with a location" was invented by Jacob Shaffer (Phoenix) and Michael Hoffman (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus for automatically associating a thermostat to a location where the thermostat is installed. The thermostat mounts to a subbase installed on a wall, the subbase comprising an information storage device for storing location information where the subbase has been installed. When the thermostat is connected to the subbase and po...