ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,612, issued on July 8, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Computer-implemented method for operating a terminal with high availability in a network" was invented by Daniel Schall (Hollabrunn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a terminal with high availability in a network, where a memory stores an identifier, for a backup device of a first edge device, which relates to a second edge device, stores a model for operating the terminal and stores information about the connection configuration between the first and second edge devices, the monitoring device and the terminal, where the first edge device periodi...