ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,348, issued on April 8, was assigned to UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Network slinghop via tapestry slingshot" was invented by Joseph E. Rubenstein (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network system for providing long haul network connection between endpoint devices is disclosed. The network system includes a first and a second endpoint devices, a first and a second exchange servers, a first access point server coupled between the first endpoint device and the first exchange server, a second access point server coupled between the second endpoint device and the second exchange server, a first storage node coupled betwee...