ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,724, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Building network" was invented by Thomas Alan Patterson (Portola Valley, Calif.), Rao P. Mulpuri (Saratoga, Calif.), Nitesh Trikha (Pleasanton, Calif.), Stephen Clark Brown (San Mateo, Calif.), Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.) and Robert T. Rozbicki (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for transmitting power and data in a building, the apparatus including at least one controller configured to operatively couple to a building network, and use, or direct usage of, the building network, and at least one display communicati...