ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,151, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Multi-mode validation of modifications to an IHS" was invented by Deepaganesh Paulraj (Bangalore, India), Nishaa Bouvanasilan (Bangalore, India) and Kalyani Korubilli (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods provide multi-mode validation of modifications to an IHS (Information Handling System) that is factory-provisioned and shipped with hardware capabilities that are not enabled. During factory provisioning of the IHS, two factory-signed certificates are uploaded to the IHS. An inventory certificate identifies factory-installed h...