ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,893, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Automated dependency graph builder system and network management" was invented by Joshua Van de Walle (Bellevue, Wash.) and Emile Minh Tran (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated dependency graph builder system builds a dependency graph for managing a network. The automated dependency graph builder system and network management can utilize networks (e.g., telecommunication networks) and/or systems for providing, and/or being communicatively connected with, the telecommunication networks. The automated dependency graph builder system a...