ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,092, issued on June 17, was assigned to EPIC LANE NETWORKS LP (West Lake Hills, Texas).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing the virtualization of access node functions" was invented by Kenneth J. Kerpez (Long Valley, N.J.) and John M. Cioffi (Atherton, Calif.).

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 the virtualization of access node functions may include, for example: a memory to store instructions for execution; one or more processors to execute the instructions; a control plane interface to communicably interfa...