ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,627, issued on May 6, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).
"Mapping networked devices" was invented by Wesley James Holland (Encinitas, Calif.), Brian Vogelsang (San Diego), Abhijeet Bisain (San Diego) and David Arellanes (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and non-transitory media are provided for localizing and mapping smart devices. An example method can include receiving, by an extended reality (XR) device, an identification output from a connected device that is coupled directly or indirectly to the XR device, the identification output including an audio pattern, a display pattern, and/or a ...