ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,729, issued on July 8, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"VPC auto-peering" was invented by Gargi Adhav (San Jose, Calif.), Vineet Goel (Mountain View, Calif.) and Pavlin Radoslavov (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for automatic peering between virtual networks, such as virtual private clouds (VPCs). A VPC may be configured to operate in an "auto-peering" mode, allowing for automatic peering to be turned on or off. When auto-peering is turned on, that VPC may seek connections with other VPCs, such as other VPCs matching one or more predefined policies. In addition, the...