ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,302, issued on March 18, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Identifying binary objects using signature of input items used to create binary object" was invented by Robert A. Ballantyne (Mansfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for identifying a binary object using a signature of the input items used to create the binary object. One method comprises obtaining one or more input items; generating a signature of the one or more input items; transforming the one or more input items to generate a binary object; associating the signature with the binary object; and providing the binary obj...