ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,016, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to YUNDING NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Smart device control methods and systems" was invented by Binghui Peng (Beijing), Jiaming Pan (Beijing), Tao Li (Beijing), Yanpeng Lyu (Beijing), Nancheng Liu (Beijing), Yangyang Shi (Beijing), Wenfeng Li (Beijing) and Xiancang Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart device control method and system is provided. The smart device control method may include obtaining a control command, the control command being used for instructing the smart device to perform a target operation; determining whether the control command satisfies a ...