ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,319, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hand Held Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Managing a fleet of devices" was invented by Phek Thong Lee (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of managing a fleet of devices are provided, as are methods for configuring a standby device for a job in a workflow environment, and methods for performing a job in a workflow environment. Device information is analyzed, such as information pertaining to verification systems. Device instructions are sent to various locations on a device network in response to a deviation from a parameter value having been detected. The deviation from the parame...