ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,037, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Authentication for a network service" was invented by Dimitrios Karampatsis (Ruislip, Great Britain), Andreas Kunz (Ladenburg, Germany) and Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran (Friedrichsdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for authentication for a network service. One method includes receiving, at a first network device from a second network device, a network function service request to execute a service on a third network device. The request includes first credentials for authentication with a first netwo...