ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,781, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for reduction of data transmission by information control with reinforced learning" was invented by Ofir Ezrielev (Be'er Sheva, Israel) and Jehuda Shemer (Kfar Saba, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for managing data collection are disclosed. To manage data collection, a system may include a data aggregator and data collectors. The data aggregator may utilize an inference model to predict the future operation of data collectors, and a pattern selection model to sample data from data collectors at a specific freque...