ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,001, issued on May 20, was assigned to UMBRA Technologies Ltd. (British Virgin Islands, Great Britain).

"Systems and methods for providing a global virtual network (GVN)" was invented by Joseph E. Rubenstein (Beijing), Carlos Eduardo Ore (Saint-Herblain, France), Thibaud Auguste Bernard Jean Saint-Martin (Aubignan, France), Fred Broussard (Indianapolis) and Jorn Allan Dose Knutsen (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for managing a global virtual network connection between an endpoint device and an access point server are disclosed. In one embodiment the network system may include an endpoint device, an ac...