ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,010, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HOYA Corp. (Tokyo).
"Locking function for a mobile device" was invented by Michael Walz (Friedberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device comprises a functional arrangement for performing a function of the mobile device, a coupling device for connecting the mobile device to a stationary device, an authentication device for authenticating the stationary device and an activation device. The authentication device authenticates the stationary device based on information on the stationary device. The activation device activates the functional arrangement when the mobile device is conn...