US Patent Issued to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING on Oct. 21 for "Performing imaging operations via a direct secure wireless connection to an imaging device" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,666, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Performing imaging operations via a direct secure wireless connection to an imaging device" was invented by Jacob Henry Kaplow (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are disclosed for performing imaging operations via a direct secure wireless connection to an imaging device. An imaging device, such as a printer or scanner, obtains a signed certificate defining a security policy from an identity and access management ("IAM") service. A computing device, such as a laptop or smartphone, obtains a signed certificate from the IAM se...