ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,717, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Controlling an electronic device in internet of things (IoT) environments" was invented by Kiwoong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electronic device that efficiently configures a network for controlling another electronic device, and the electronic device includes a communication interface; an input interface configured to receive a control command for another electronic device; and a controller configured to control another electronic device in a different manner according to whether connec...