ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,397, issued on April 8, was assigned to DISH Network Technologies India Private Ltd. (India).

"Methods and systems for proxy relay implementation for client-server connections over wide area network" was invented by Husain Ahamed Parasseeri (Malappuram, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for establishing a media streaming connection between a client and a placeshifting device that are each communicating via a network using a standard and nonstandard port, including: in response to an initial denial of a request to receive streamed content by a client via a nonstandard port in communication with the placeshifting...