The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Matthias Wendt, Würselen, DE;
Peter Deixler, Arlington, MA (US);
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to servicing devices (″) requiring to be serviced. The devices (″) are included in a connected system (). A respective operation right is assigned to each of the devices (″). An operation mode of each of the devices (″) depends on its assigned respective operation right. When a respective one of the devices (″) requiring to be serviced is serviced, an updated operation right is assigned at least to the respective device (″) in dependence of how the respective device (″) is serviced. Access to the device (″) for servicing it may be dependent on an authorization. A functionality of the serviced device (″) may be limited if an unauthorized user serviced the device (″).