ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,404, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SPECTRUM CO LLC (Arlington, Va.).
"Methods and systems for modulating electricity generation or consumption through multicast communications over broadcast mediums" was invented by Devasenapathi P. Seetharamakrishnan (Bangalore Karnataka, India) and Sasha Javid (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems describe multicasting the messages over a broadcast medium (e.g., a TV network). In particular, the methods and systems recite the use of Advanced Television Systems Committee ("ATSC") 3.0, a new broadcast television transmission standard in the United States. Using ATSC ...