ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,757, issued on March 25, was assigned to ASSIA SPE LLC (Redwood City, Calif.).

"System and method for network and computation performance probing for edge computing" was invented by Kenneth J. Kerpez (Long Valley, N.J.) and Peter Silverman (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods of for measuring and assuring performance in networked applications where edge computing is utilized, which may comprise determining or improving network and computational performance by the use of edge probing. Edge probing enables rapid measurement and assessment of networking and computational performance, w...