ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,874, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Parry Labs LLC (Alexandria, Va.).

"Apparatus and method for discovering and linking software-defined networking (SDN) node and non-SDI node in a communication network" was invented by David Walsh (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for discovering and linking software-defined networking (SDN) node and non-SDN node in a communication network are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive, from a ...