ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,982, issued on April 21, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Systems and methods for smart power and fan speed control" was invented by Travis C. North (Cedar Park, Texas), Suraj M Varma (Portland, Ore.) and Daniel L. Hamlin (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for smart power and fan speed control are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include: a processor; and an embedded controller (EC) coupled to the processor, where the EC is configured to control an operating aspect of a cooling fan based upon a heat rejection or d...