ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,080, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fortinet Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Software defined network access for endpoint" was invented by Emilio Borbolla Galindo (Yucatan, Mexico) and Juan Ernesto Lopez Silva (Adolfo Lopez Mateos Edo de Mexico, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multiple types of lines are made simultaneously available, including a Wi-Fi link, a cell link and a wired link. A list of running cloud applications is identified by monitoring A quality of each available link for each running cloud application is periodically tested, including measurements of latency, jitter and packet loss. A first link is selected for ...