US Patent Issued to Lenovo (Singapore) on June 16 for "Method and system for managing peripheral device functions using manifest files" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,171, issued on June 16, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Method and system for managing peripheral device functions using manifest files" was invented by Nozomi Mandokoro (Kanagawa, Japan) and Alfredo Zugasti (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining a manifest file that includes various software definitions for various peripheral device functions. The method may further include determining whether the manifest file is signed by a predetermined cryptographic key. The method may further include obtaining, in response to determining that the manifest file is signed by the...