US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on Feb. 3 for "Method and apparatus for disarming a security system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,048, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Method and apparatus for disarming a security system" was invented by Kenneth Sweeney (Carlsbad, Calif.), Thomas Thibault (Carlsbad, Calif.), Thomas Henley (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Louis Hughes (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are described for automatically disarming a security system. For example, a method for automatically disarming a security system is described, comprising determining, by a personal communication device, when a person is in proximity to the person's home or business and, in response to deter...