ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,412, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Network adapter-based smart streaming front-end for computing device" was invented by Donghwi Kim (Kirkland, Wash.) and Colin Roman Donahue (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable storage media described herein provide network adapter-based smart streaming front-end for computing devices. In an aspect, a network adapter separate from and communicatively coupled to a processor receives a first graphic data frame and transmits it to the processor. The network adapter receives a seco...