US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Feb. 3 for "Method and apparatus for authorizing changes to a local network control device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,691, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Method and apparatus for authorizing changes to a local network control device" was invented by Brandon Gruber (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for authorizing access and modifications to information and settings of the control device. When a user wishes to make a modification to settings of the control device, the user sends a request to access the settings with a user device. The user is authorized to access the settings when the user physically interacts with the control device within a predetermined time before ...