US Patent Issued to Vivint on July 21 for "Home security automation with lighting control" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,769, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vivint LLC (Provo, Utah).

"Home security automation with lighting control" was invented by Michael Papworth (Eagle Mountain, Utah), Ben Meakin (Sandy, Utah), Ryan Beaver (South Jordan, Utah), Liz Sanchez (Riverton, Utah), Jonah Stowe (Orem, Utah), Liby Sebastian (Riverton, Utah), Todd Crofts (Salt Lake City), Brian Skarda (South Jordan, Utah) and Chris Harris (Holladay, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for lighting control are described. An apparatus may include a panel for controlling one or more devices associated with a home. A panel may include a recess shap...