US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on July 8 for "Temporary security bypass method and apparatus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,461, issued on July 8, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Temporary security bypass method and apparatus" was invented by Michael Lamb (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Carlo Q. Petrucci (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, and apparatus for temporarily disarming a barrier alarm in a security system. In one embodiment, a method is described, performed by a barrier alarm in communication with a central controller, where the barrier alarm receives a first signal from a user interface on the barrier alarm to disarm the barrier alarm, disables the barrier alarm in response to recei...