US Patent Issued to iControl Networks on April 15 for "Gateway integrated with premises security system" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,853, issued on April 15, was assigned to iControl Networks Inc. (Philadelphia).

"Gateway integrated with premises security system" was invented by Marc Baum (San Jose, Calif.), Paul J. Dawes (Redwood City, Calif.), Mike Kinney (Foster City, Calif.), Reza Raji (Menlo Park, Calif.), David Swenson (Glyndon, Minn.) and Aaron Wood (Boulder Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated security system is described comprising a gateway located at a first location. The gateway includes a takeover component that establishes a coupling with a first controller of a security system installed at the first location. The security system...