ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,321, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SOMFY ACTIVITES SA (Cluses, France).

"Control device and associated configuration method" was invented by Serge Robin (Cluses, France) and Arnaud Desbiolles (Cluses, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a control device for transmitting a control signal to a receiver device in a home-automation installation, comprising a wireless transmitter/receiver configured to receive an incident signal originating from a transmission device, an actuating unit configured to receive a configuration instruction, a processing logic unit suitable for deciding on the transmission of the control signa...