ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,481, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Vasion Inc. (St. George, Utah).

"Software-as-a-service deployment of printing services in a local network" was invented by Chad Steven Sillitoe (Washington, Utah), Corey Clint Ercanbrack (Washington City, Utah) and Joshua Aaron Harrison (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing printing services to a local network is described. The method includes receiving, at an electronic device, an indication from a server outside a local network to run a service manager. The method also includes running the service manager on the electronic device. The method also includes r...