ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,341, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The 41st Parameter Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for device identification and uniqueness" was invented by Raz Yalov (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Ernest Mugambi (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining uniqueness of device identifiers are provided. The uniqueness of a device identifier may be indicated by a device quality score or grade that is calculated based on a plurality of parameters associated with a device identifier as well as evaluation rules derived based on historical data. The plurality of parameters may be associated with a netwo...