US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Feb. 10 for "Method and apparatus for home monitoring and control system setup" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,208, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Method and apparatus for home monitoring and control system setup" was invented by Michael Bailey (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base station used in a home security or home automation/control system is described. The base station is configured to automatically accept new sensors or control modules by placing such new sensors or control modules in proximity to the base station."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2018, under Application No. 16/014,057.

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