ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,733, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Managing modifications to data processing systems based on channel card parameters" was invented by Deepaganesh Paulraj (Bangalore, India) and Vinod Parackal Saby (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing operation of a data processing system are disclosed. Channel cards of the data processing system may be non-standard channel cards that perform non-standard functions. If a channel card is a non-standard channel card, it may be determined whether any modifications are to be made to the data processing system to faci...