ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,504, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Device for wireless communication with other devices" was invented by Walter Dees (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device arranged for wireless communication according to a communication protocol has a processor to execute a connection sequence according to a discovery protocol. The connection sequence includes determining a current cluster identity and a current discovery window timing used by the device. Next, at least one other device within wireless range is detected, while further determining a detected cluster ide...