ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,791, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ELECTROLUX DO BRASIL S.A. (Curitiba, Brazil).

"Method for controlling the functioning of at least one smart home appliance" was invented by Andre Gustavo Souza Garbosa (Curitiba, Brazil), Jean Carlo Marques Elias (Curitiba, Brazil), Alexandre Chauffaille Drummond (Curitiba, Brazil), Gabriel Gemael Polycarpo Lied (Curitiba, Brazil), Mayra Camargo Laska Gomes (Curitiba, Brazil), Cesar Augusto Lima Jr. (Curitiba, Brazil), Rafael Amaral Alonso Lopes (Curitiba, Brazil), Vinicius Mendonca Weinert (Curitiba, Brazil), Kim Enig Risager (Curitiba, Brazil) and Ibsen Silva Caldas (Curitiba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Paten...