ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,966, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Reno, Nev.).

"Cognitive communication network management" was invented by Krishna Kishore Bellamkonda (Flower Mound, Texas) and Shonil Sudhir Kulkarni (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Approaches presented herein relate to the analysis and/or management of a communication network including resources from multiple, independent communications networks. At least one edge device can be placed within individual communication networks, allowing for the capture and anonymization of data from the various provider networks. The data for various users can be agg...