idk about a "purchase" or a "patent" on Ganza's part (or if he knows what those terms mean), but he deserves approx 0 credit when it comes to using client-side proxies (the "malware" everyone is raving about.. it's not malware until a malicious actor gains control of it, but call Lenovo malicious if you want) to intercept (encrypted) traffic
Any company who puts that shit onto laptops which people pay good money for is fucking malicious. Having to get rid of bloatware shite when you buy a new laptop is irritating enough but MITM aggressive adware is downright sinister.