ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,144, issued on June 3, was assigned to SK hynix Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Interface device and method of operating the same" was invented by Yong Tae Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ki Chul Noh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein may be an interface device and a method of operating the same. The interface device may include a first port configured to enable communication with a host, a second port configured to enable communication with the host, and a function manager including a plurality of variable functions that are selectively assignable to at least one of the first port and the s...