US Patent Issued to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS on March 11 for "Method, data processing system and computer program for securing functionality of a user device connected to a local network" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,214, issued on March 11, was assigned to BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC (London).

"Method, data processing system and computer program for securing functionality of a user device connected to a local network" was invented by Max Smith-Creasey (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the security of user devices connected to local networks, such as devices comprised in the Internet of Things' (IoT). An aspect relates to a computer-implemented method of securing functionality of a user device connected to a local network provided at a premises, the method comprising: determining a premises trust score i...