ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,815, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Authorization of multiple user identities" was invented by Sergei Rodionov (Plano, Texas), Igor Stolbikov (Apex, N.C.), Scott Li (Cary, N.C.) and Rod D Waltermann (Rougemont, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can include an interface for receiving validation requests of a user. The apparatus can include processing circuitry coupled to the interface. The processing circuitry can receive a first validation request, the first validation request including a first virtual identity. The processing circuitry can provide, over the interface, a p...