ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,174, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Wireless communication system" was invented by Walter Dees (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Johannes Arnoldus Cornelis Bernsen (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication system comprises a host device (110) and mobile devices (120) arranged for wireless communication and for distance (140) measurement. The host device has a user interface (113) comprising a connect button (115), and is arranged to execute a connection sequence upon a user activating the connect button. The connection sequence first determines ...