ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,456, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pentair Water Pool and Spa Inc. (Cary, N.C.).
"Monitoring and controlling connected pool devices" was invented by Edward Brown (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Gerry Callahan (Smithfield, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods of remotely monitoring and controlling a pool controller for a pool or a spa via one or more remote computing devices is provided. In some embodiments, a remote user can be provided with information about the pool or the spa. The remote user is provided with an ability to remotely optimize a performance of the pool or the spa, including remotely adjusting a c...