US Patent Issued to Cisco Technology on Aug. 5 for "P2P continuity during a client roam" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,948, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"P2P continuity during a client roam" was invented by Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, N.C.), Matthew A. Silverman (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Malcolm M. Smith (Richardson, Texas) and Robert E. Barton (Richmond, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for improved peer-to-peer communication are provided. A roaming peer-to-peer device may identify a new access point (AP) and initiate a transition to the new AP. Initiating transition can involve sending, to the new AP, the current peer-to-peer communication schedule for approval and/or negotiating a modified p...