ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,872, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Performance Telecomm (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).

"Signal-sensing automatic device configurator" was invented by Brian Keith Staller (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an automatic device configurator. In accordance with one aspect, the automatic device configurator includes external switch inputs configured to set one or more configuration parameters; a configuration status input configured to be compatible with a standard interface; an output port; and a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the output port, the external switch inp...