US Patent Issued to iControl Networks on March 4 for "Integrated cloud system with lightweight gateway for premises automation" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,663, issued on March 4, was assigned to iControl Networks Inc. (Philadelphia).

"Integrated cloud system with lightweight gateway for premises automation" was invented by Jim Kitchen (Round Rock, Texas), Corey Gates (Redwood City, Calif.) and Chris Decenzo (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a cloud hub located in a premises, and the cloud hub comprises adapters configured for coupling to premises devices. The cloud hub is configured as a gateway for the premises devices. The system includes a virtual gateway located in a cloud server environment and coupled to the cloud hub. The virtual gate...