ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,442, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TP-Link Systems Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Smart device and a method for wireless communication" was invented by Tao Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Yuntian Lei (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a smart device and a method for wireless communication performed by the smart device. The method includes receiving a first control message that complies with a first communication protocol and a second control message that complies with a second communication protocol, wherein the first control message and the second control message indicates a same action to be performed ...