ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,573, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Efficient control and/or linking of smart devices" was invented by Yuzhao Ni (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and David Roy Schairer (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Efficient control and/or linking of smart network connected devices. Some implementations are directed to rendering, within an active application that enables control of multiple smart devices from multiple parties, both: (1) an interactive graphical interface element that, when interacted with, causes corresponding control of smart device(s) of a third-party (3P); and (2) a selectable element ...