ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,284, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AALYRIA TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Networking with HAPs and additional ground-based nodes" was invented by Brian Barritt (San Jose, Calif.) and Mauro de Oliveira Filho (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure provide for determining a network configuration. For instance, a system may include a controller including one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive information from each of a plurality of available nodes within a network, the plurality of available nodes including at least one aerial vehicle; determine a...