ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,124, issued on March 11, was assigned to Bright Star Pty Ltd (New South Wales, Australia).

"Network configuration management system" was invented by Dylan Michael Carruthers (Maraetai, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method discovers a configuration of a network having a plurality of heterogenous devices and a device hierarchy The method includes discovering, using a link layer protocol and a first set of network configuration data including at least a first firmware information, a first device identity information, and a first device configuration information. Discovering the first set of network c...