ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,363, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Managing sensors and computing devices associated with a premises" was invented by James Poder (Carlsbad, Calif.), Galen Trevor Gattis (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Chris Kennedy (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and Karen Serviss (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for managing sensors and computing devices associated with a premises are presented. An example method comprises receiving, by a computing device from a mobile device: an image of a sensor that comprises a quick response (QR) code; a...