US Patent Issued to iControl Networks on Dec. 30 for "IP device discovery systems and methods" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,110, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to iControl Networks Inc. (Philadelphia).

"IP device discovery systems and methods" was invented by Gerald Gutt (Tuscon, Ariz.) and Aaron Wood (Boulder Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for Internet Protocol (IP) device discovery implemented in a control network having a gateway device, a router, and an IP device at a location. A location management system including a IP device at a location having an IP address assigned by a router at the location. A gateway device for managing a set of two or more local management devices at a location."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2020,...