ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,466, issued on June 10, was assigned to Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Fire alarm peripheral addressing using a smartphone" was invented by Joseph D. Farley (Warwick, Mass.), Alan J. Boguslawski (Gardner, Mass.) and Valerie A. Moore (Worcester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency alarm system peripheral, such as a hazard detector, intrusion detector, or a notification appliance, includes a base that is permanently installed on a wall or ceiling, and a head which mounts to the base. Various embodiments and methods are provided to easily and efficiently assign addresses to the peripherals in the ...