ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,709, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Range-variable intent definition and operation" was invented by Ronald Mark Parker (Manchester, Mass.), Michael Anthony Brown (McKinney, Texas), Bahareh Sadeghi (Vancouver, Wash.) and Mark Gordon Libby (Groton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are examples for providing intent based network configuration with intent expectations including prioritized goals. A system for network configuration includes a network management function configured to receive an intent including requirements, goals, and constraints for a network and ge...