ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,796, issued on June 24, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Systems, methods, and media for distributed network monitoring using local monitoring devices" was invented by Robert W. Techentin (Rochester, Minn.), David R. Holmes III (Rochester, Minn.) and Barry K. Gilbert (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms for distributed network monitoring are provided. In some embodiments, a system for distributed network monitoring comprises: local monitors, each comprising: a processor programmed to: gene...