ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,956, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Computerized systems and methods for an energy aware adaptive network" was invented by Badri Srinivasan Sampathkumar (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods that provide a computerized network management framework that adaptively configures hardware components providing a network at a location based on determined intelligence about the location, including behavioral patterns of users in/around the location. The framework can automatically, in a dynamic manner, trigger and toggle between operational modes of the ne...