ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,918, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to RAMBUS INC. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Device management system with embedded management operation database" was invented by Vincent Hache (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IC device stores an event descriptor database that includes an event descriptor set describing a set of events relating to management of the IC device. The IC device sends the event descriptor set to a utility application that generates a user interface based on the event descriptor set. In response to interactions with the user interface, the utility application sends controls and/or receives data from the IC d...