ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,679, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Syntax translation from first syntax to second syntax based on string analysis" was invented by Youngchoon Park (Brookfield, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized method of assigning a building automation system point type to a plurality of unclassified data points is provided. The method includes receiving unclassified data points and attributes for each data point. The method includes receiving classifications for a first subset of the unclassified data points. Each classification associates a data point with a bui...