US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on March 25 for "Method and apparatus for providing a point-to-point connection over a network" (New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,718, issued on March 25, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Method and apparatus for providing a point-to-point connection over a network" was invented by Tuan Duong (Eatontown, N.J.) and Christopher J. Chase (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for providing a point-to-point connection are disclosed. The method queries for a next available label for a first provider edge router and a next available label for a second provider edge router, performs a first configuration at the first provider edge router and a second configuration at the second provider edge router, wherein the...