ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,500, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Methods and systems for commissioning devices" was invented by Kayvon Movahed (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for auto-commissioning devices within a system. The auto-commissioning processes utilize a commissioning algorithm to assign weighted values to each device based on their locations relative to a selected primary device. Any device arranged at a sharp angle with respect to the primary device, e.g., at a right angle with respect to the primary device, at a mid-angle with respect to the primary device, or within...