ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,844, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Server/device cooling control" was invented by Roderick Colenbrander (San Mateo, Calif.) and Harry Rogers (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To minimize use of power required for cooling and get ahead of temperature buildup, a mode of operation can be established for a cooling element of a device based on one or more non-temperature factor values. For example, current values, power values, or even values related to initiating a video game may be used. The cooling element itself may be a server fan, a coolant pump, or another type of c...