ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,245, issued on May 20, was assigned to Resolution Products LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Universal protocol translator" was invented by Brian K. Seemann (Lakeville, Minn.), David J. Mayne (Eagan, Minn.), Paul G. Saldin (Stillwater, Minn.), Daniel Mondor (Somerset, Wis.) and Joshua Hauser (New Brighton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one implementation, a universal translator device for translating protocols, the device includes one or more peripheral device interfaces through which communication from one or more peripheral devices is received using any of a plurality of protocols; a protocol translator that is (i) preconfigured wi...