ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,456, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Method for conveying AP error codes over BLE advertisements" was invented by Gurpreet Singh (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for obtaining status from an isolated AP that cannot connect to a remote management server are described. The status information is obtained from a second device and then provided, via the second device, to the remote management server. At least some of the disclosed embodiments are utilized in a system including a plurality of access points, which can provide alternate pathways to the remote m...