ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,466, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Building security system" was invented by James Poder (Cheltenham, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system that can be used in a home, office, or other building in order to generate alarms or take other actions depending on conditions within the building. The security system may rely on sensors within the building which sense various conditions and collect other data. The information learned from the sensors can be communicated to a location outside the building for processing, such as, but not limited to, processing associated wit...