ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,487, issued on April 29, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).
"Premises automation control" was invented by Michael Sallas (Radnor, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of content streams each including audio, video, or audio-video content may be transmitted to a plurality of premises. In addition, one or more command streams may be transmitted over a distribution network. Premises automation commands may then be sent to one or more systems based on a user selection associated with a corresponding command stream. The premises automation commands may be configured to instruct a system at a premises...