ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,560, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Identifying a personal IoT ("PIoT") device operating in a PIoT network" was invented by Apostolis Salkintzis (Athens, Greece), Dimitrios Karampatsis (Ruislip, Great Britain) and Genadi Velev (Darmstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for registering a personal Internet-of-Things (PIoT) network and PIoT device. One apparatus includes a first network interface that communicates with a PIoT network comprising at least one PIoT device. The apparatus includes a processor that detects a first PIoT devic...