ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,305, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Grand Ouest) SAS (Le Mans, France).
"Configuration method" was invented by Michel Jaouen (Yvre l'Eveque, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is configured to support at least two configurations, one of the configurations being installed. The device includes a memory. In a limited-access region of the memory, a binary word is stored. That binary word has: a first value representative of the version of the installed configuration; and at least one second value indicating which configurations can be installed. A method of configuration of the electronic d...