ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,435, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Communication kit" was invented by Beomsoo Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Joonshik Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Junho Hwang (Seoul, South Korea) and Pilhyun Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication kit comprising a communication module configured to communicate with a thermostat, an indoor unit, and an outdoor unit; and a controller configured to generate an operation signal to be transmitted to the indoor unit and the outdoor unit, based on a signal received from the thermostat, wherein the controller is configured to determine a...