US Patent Issued to Embracer Freemode on March 17 for "Verifying electronic device authenticity via near-field communication" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,765, issued on March 17, was assigned to Embracer Freemode Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Verifying electronic device authenticity via near-field communication" was invented by Chao-Ying Chen (Dublin, Calif.), Chiu-Hsiang Hsu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jian-Yin Ye (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jack Guinchard (Livermore, Calif.) and Lee Guinchard (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device-verification system is configured to verify the authenticity of an electronic device using a digital signature of the electronic device verified by a certificate authority. In some examples, the electronic device includes a NFC tag storing device hardwa...