ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,992, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).
"Systems, methods, and apparatus for managing device memory and device functionality and programs" was invented by Oscar P. Pinto (San Jose, Calif.) and William Martin (Roseville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a device memory, and a device functionality circuit, wherein at least a portion of the device functionality circuit may be capable of accessing at least a portion of the device memory, and a control circuit configured to provide information, wherein the information may indicate that the at least a portion of the device...