US Patent Issued to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING on Sept. 23 for "Performing imaging operations via a direct secure wireless connection to an imaging device" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,855, issued on Sept. 23, 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 ...