US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Aug. 25 for "Devices and methods for improving proximate device control" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,618, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Devices and methods for improving proximate device control" was invented by Mariya Wright (Cortland Manor, N.Y.) and Kenneth S. Bhella (Stony Brook, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for improving proximate device control are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a signal from a proximate device when the proximate device satisfies a distance threshold. The signal may include a dataset corresponding to the proximate device, and the proximate device may have a primary connection to a primary device. The example...