ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,115, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Client-aware floorplan management with predicted confidence levels" was invented by Eric A. Voit (Bethesda, Md.), Carlos Pignataro (Cary, N.C.), Kasi R. Nalamalapu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Salvatore Valenza (Pomy, Switzerland) and Samer M. Salam (Beirut).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, methods, and processes for managing network devices through generated predictions and associated confidence levels are described herein. Networks within a floorplan can be operated at full capacity all day in an inefficient way when not adjusted due to tra...