ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,428, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Queue-based orchestration simulation" was invented by Viktor M. E. Leijon (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for simulation of orchestration and automation are disclosed. These techniques include simulating a distributed orchestration system using a simulation topology including a plurality of queues used in place of processing elements in the distributed orchestration system. The techniques further include identifying a plurality of characteristics of the simulation topology, after the simulation, and modifying the distributed ...