US Patent Issued to Hewlett-Packard Development on Dec. 2 for "Pairing hardware components to authorize operation" (Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,626, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).

"Pairing hardware components to authorize operation" was invented by Marvin Duane Nelson (Boise, Idaho), Honee Lee Mesa (Boise, Idaho), Jennifer Lynn Melin (Boise, Idaho) and Brian C Mayer (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to examples, an apparatus may include a first hardware component including a first memory and a first processor. The first processor may initiate pairing between the first hardware component and a second hardware component to establish a trusted relationship between the first hardware component and a secon...