US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on June 3 for "System and method for rapid configuration of a universal controlling device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,282, issued on June 3, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for rapid configuration of a universal controlling device" was invented by Jeffrey Kohanek (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Jeremy K. Black (N. Tustin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal controlling device is provided with one or more buttons which, when activated in a set up mode, serves to initiate a rapid configuration of the universal controlling device to adapt the universal controlling device to transmit communications to an intended target appliance."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2023, under Application No...