ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,340, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Providing media power telemetry for virtual machines (VMs) in processor-based devices" was invented by Perry Willmann Remaklus Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) and Richard Gerard Hofmann (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Providing media power telemetry for virtual machines (VMs) in processor-based devices is disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a processor-based device provides a controller circuit comprising a power telemetry circuit, and a power management processor. The power telemetry circuit is configured to determine whether a me...