ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,101, issued on Nov. 3.

"Communications methods and apparatus for determining best-quality realtime-media path in unified communications applications" was invented by Surendra Prajapat (Cupertino, Calif.) and Rumus Sakya (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for determining a best or optimal media path or route between communications devices. An exemplary method embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of (i) receiving, at a first communications device, data of a first data communications session, the first data communications session being a first media c...