US Patent Issued to Lantronix on June 30 for "Data protocol detection and switching of multi-protocol data on common connectors" (Chinese, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,751, issued on June 30, was assigned to Lantronix Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Data protocol detection and switching of multi-protocol data on common connectors" was invented by Jean-Charles Andreani (Hong Kong), Guido Voigt (Angelroda, Germany) and Jonathan Shipman (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connectors as essential components for transmitting data in communication networks come in different types. Utilizing a common connector capable of transmitting different types of data protocols can save space and energy. A device utilizes a common connector and a detector that detects the data protocol and transmits the data over...