ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,030, issued on June 24, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Virtual remote control among digital assistant devices" was invented by Bo Wang (San Jose, Calif.) and Manuel Angel Ureno (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Virtual remote control among digital assistant devices is provided. A first computing device detects a second computing device and determines a capability of the second computing device. The first computing device generates a prompt indicating that the first computing device is capable to control the second computing device. The first computing device receives, responsive to the prompt, an ins...