ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,794, issued on Aug. 5.
"Method and system for performing ad hoc diagnostics, maintenance, programming, and tests of internet of things devices" was invented by Hendrik J Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method and system for performing audits of one or more IOT devices in an IOT system, prior to deployment of the IOT device or during deployment in the field. The audits are used to determine if an IOT device is functional and capable of performing a task assigned to the IOT device. If an audit is failed, the IOT system may determine that the IOT de...