ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,740, issued on June 16, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Registration authentication based on a type of authentication procedure and a capability" was invented by Roozbeh Atarius (La Jolla, Calif.), Andreas Kunz (Ladenburg, Germany) and Genadi Velev (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for registration authentication based on a capability. One method includes receiving, at a second network device from a first network device, an indication for a capability for a registration. The method includes transmitting, to a third network device, a first requ...