ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,079, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"Failsafe loop detection in ethernet networks" was invented by Burton Tracy Peake (Nashville, Tenn.), David Joshua Ambriz (Leander, Texas) and Engdawork Bogale Gebre (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and techniques are generally described for loop detection failsafe in Ethernet networks. In some examples, a first set of networked devices employing a loop-prevention protocol may be determined. A first device of the first set of networked devices may be identified. The first device may include at least a first port and a second port. In ...