ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,542, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Unified device management engine in a device management system" was invented by Christiaan Brinkhoff (Woodinville, Wash.), Peter John Richards (Snoqualmie, Wash.), Jinhua Fei (Bellevue, Wash.), Andrew Ho Yin Miyasato (Kirkland, Wash.), Zachary Cole Willson (Redmond, Wash.) and Amar Dinesh Zavery (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing unified device management using a unified device management engine of a device management system are described. Device management refers to admi...