ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,077, issued on June 3, was assigned to Wangs Alliance Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.).

"Circuit mapping" was invented by Michael Sabolcik (Leander, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for provisioning IoT fixtures. The method may include inputting to a microprocessor a circuit identifier associated with a circuit that includes a first fixture that is within a reception range of a radio frequency fixture interface. A second fixture may be deployed within the range. The method may include initiating a fixture discovery process, over a wired path, from a wall station that is in wired communication with the first fixture and not i...