ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,497, issued on June 3, was assigned to OXYLABS, UAB (Vilnius, Lithuania).

"Selecting managed proxy IP devices by geographical coordinates thereof" was invented by Paulius Stundzia (Azuoline, Lithuania) and Miroslav Kozlovski (Vilnius, Lithuania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention discloses selecting a proxy IP device (Proxy-ICDAPIA) by its geographical coordinates and distance from the target web service. A method and system are disclosed, allowing users to specify Proxy-ICDAPIAs by geographic coordinates. Embodiments describe the Proxy-ICDAPIA selection using Geohash areas, and from circular geographical areas specified by ...