ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,482, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Component updates in a multi component network" was invented by Daniel Dah Tai (San Jose, Calif.), Mahender Reddy Vangati (San Jose, Calif.), Darrel Q. Pham (San Jose, Calif.), Ralph Donald Fox (Livermore, Calif.), Shih-Chieh Lee (Mountain View, Calif.) and Tyler Eliot Peterson (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more components (e.g., devices) and/or component ensembles coupled to a local network utilize updatable software and/or firmware to perform, The component(s) (e.g., and ensembles thereof) can be updated using a scheme that e...