ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,632, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Real-time tracking provision for communication devices in household appliances" was invented by Paul Goodjohn (Crestwood, Ky.) and Cheikh Tine (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system for an appliance is provided. The communication system includes a modular communication device, a clock device, and a controller operably coupled to the modular communication device and the clock device. The modular communication device is operable to communicate with a remote server over a communication and is configured to recei...