ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,981, issued on July 29, was assigned to Framework Computer LLC (Burlingame, Calif.).
"System and methods for automatically registering and distributing modular computer component information and services through a network" was invented by Nirav Patel (Burlingame, Calif.), Kieran Levin (Burlingame, Calif.), Poyu Chen (Burlingame, Calif.) and Chris Lombardozzi (Burlingame, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation of a method for automatically registering and distributing modular computer component information and services through a network includes: accessing a device inventory identifying a set of modular computer component...