ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,200, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Account credential reset and reconciliation" was invented by Lokajit Tikayatray (Bangalore, India), David John Linsey (Marietta, Ga.), Gireesh P (Kollam, India) and Saumya Jain (Jaipur, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example methodology includes, by a computing device, determining that a reset of credentials associated with one or more service accounts is to be performed. The method also includes, by the computing device, responsive to a determination that the reset of the credentials is to be performed, shutting down instances of applications in ...