ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,608, issued on May 13, was assigned to EVERYTHING SET INC. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Identification of one or more services for a user's network-connected smart device using a smart device fingerprint of the network-connected smart device" was invented by Michael D. Melnick (Brighton, N.Y.), Christopher R. McCooey (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) and David L. Knudsen (Saint Helena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more services are identified for a user's network-connected smart device by generating a smart device fingerprint for the network-connected smart device, electronically communicating the smart device fingerprint for the networ...