ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,088, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"System and method for information slingshot over a network tapestry and granularity of a tick" was invented by Joseph E. Rubenstein (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for file transfer and processing in a network environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may comprise one or more processors. The one or more processors may be coupled to a first device. The one or more processors may be configured to retrieve a file from a file queue. The file may be stored in a local store of the first device. The file may be transferre...