US Patent Issued to Ivanti on March 25 for "Self-election processes in managed subnets implementing modified swim protocols" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,760, issued on March 25, was assigned to Ivanti Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Self-election processes in managed subnets implementing modified swim protocols" was invented by Gregory Paul Olsen (Lindon, Utah), Rex Michael McMillan (South Jordan, Utah), Blake Thompson (South Jordan, Utah) and Scot Emery Swan (Mapleton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes a method of self-election of a node in a subnet. The method includes receiving a first ping message. The first ping message is unicast from a second node, includes direct information related to the second node, and includes indirect information related to a third...