US Patent Issued to Dell Products on April 21 for "Power management for a data processing system" (Texas, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,062, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Power management for a data processing system" was invented by Jace W. Files (Round Rock, Texas), Merle Jackson Wood III (Round Rock, Texas) and Gerald Rene Pelissier (Mendham, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for management of power distribution for a data processing system are disclosed. The method may include classifying an external device that may be attached to a port of the data processing system with respect to power consumption and power provisioning. The method may also include reconfiguring a switch network that connects ...