ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,609, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Commissioning window networks" was invented by Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.) and Stephen Clark Brown (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described for the commissioning of optically switchable window networks. During commissioning, network addresses are paired with the locations of installed devices for components on a window network. Commissioning may also involve steps of testing and validating the network devices. By correctly pairing the location of a device with its network address, a window network is configured...