ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,370, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Commissionable smart device for electronic conference" was invented by David Douglas (Cary, N.C.), Philip J. Jakes (Durham, N.C.), Tin-Lup Wong (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Ken Seethaler (Raleigh, N.C.), Kazuo Fujii (Yokohama, Japan), Koji Kawakita (Yokohama, Japan) and Kelly C. Sean (Wake Forest, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method performed by a smart device includes receiving a meeting signal from a conference hub device in a meeting room indicative of an electronic conference, communicatively connecting with the conference hub...