ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,498, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Software code verification using software code identifier comparison" was invented by Daniel Toralles Avila (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Vicente Eliseu da Rosa (Imbe, Brazil) and Sakthivel Govindasamy (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for software code verification using a comparison of software code identifiers. One method comprises obtaining a first software code identifier for a first version of software code, wherein the first software code identifier is obtained by applying a function to the first version of the software...