US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Feb. 17 for "Caching a data payload on a peripheral device for delivery to a target device" (Georgia, Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,896, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Caching a data payload on a peripheral device for delivery to a target device" was invented by Alexandra M. Isaly (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), Wesley Ip (Arlington, Texas), Zachary A. Silverstein (Georgetown, Texas) and Logan Bailey (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are techniques for caching a data payload on a peripheral device for delivery to a target device. The techniques include receiving, at a peripheral device via a short-range wireless protocol, a data payload intended for a target device, where the data payload is rec...