US Patent Issued to Dell Products on Aug. 18 for "Device protection using software update security scores to mitigate software vulnerabilities" (Texas, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,237, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Device protection using software update security scores to mitigate software vulnerabilities" was invented by WeiTa Chen (Pflugerville, Texas), Anshul Gandhi (Austin, Texas), Randi Renae Ludwig (Round Rock, Texas) and Jacob Hummel (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for device protection using software update security scores to mitigate software vulnerabilities. One method comprises obtaining an indication of available software updates for a device; evaluating a security vulnerability of one or more uninstalled software u...