ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,473, issued on May 27, was assigned to Savant Systems Inc. (Hyannis, Mass.).
"Multi-role devices for automation environments" was invented by Robert P. Madonna (Osterville, Mass.), Arthur A. Jacobson (Long Lake, Minn.), David W. Tatzel (West Yarmouth, Mass.), Victor Rendina (Cambridge, Mass.) and Timothy R. Locascio (Osterville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an automation control device, such as a host or hub, is provided with functionality so that it becomes a multi-role automation control device. One such multi-role automation control device produces an on screen display which ...