ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,960, issued on July 15, was assigned to Epic Lane Networks LP (Austin, Texas).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing persistent management agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components" was invented by Kenneth J. Kerpez (Long Valley, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, an exemplary system or computer implemented method for implementing Persistent Management Agent (PMA) functions for the control and coordination of DPU and DSLAM components may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to ...