ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,091, issued on March 17, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Secure dual function USB connector" was invented by Kevin Wayne Brew (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Clint Jason Oteri (East Greenbush, N.Y.) and Joseph James Jimenez (Albany, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach for managing digital communication between a primary device and a secondary device is disclosed. The approach can include one or more cables comprising a wire and a connection end with one or more pins and circuitry disposed on the primary and secondary device, wherein the circuitry manages power and data communication of the one o...