ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,567, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FORESCOUT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Enhanced device updating" was invented by Siying Yang (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and related technologies for device software monitoring and device software updating are described. In certain aspects, a device is selected based on being a smart device and a software version of associated with the software of the device is determined. The device software may then be automatically updated if newer software is available."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2022, under Application No. 18/079,651.

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