ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,302, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for monitoring user interactions with a universal controlling device" was invented by Prahalladachar Havinal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Usage of a universal controlling device is monitored by determining a current operating mode of the universal controlling device, sensing an event occurring within the universal controlling device, and storing within a memory of the universal controlling device data indicative of the event occurring in the current operating mode of the universal controlling device."

The pa...