ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,969, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to F5 Inc. (Seattle).

"Methods for managing hardware security servers and devices thereof" was invented by Liang Cheng (Seattle) and Saxon C. Amdahl (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic manager apparatuses, and systems that assist with managing hardware security servers includes receiving a request from a client. The request can comprise of a unique numerical handle and a command for a hardware security server. The unique numerical handle can be generated as a response to a previous request from the client. It can further include ...