ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,062, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to 8x8 Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Devices and methods involving time series signal assessment" was invented by Corina Postelnicu (Bucharest, Romania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to computer-implemented methods, apparatuses and systems involving the processing of time series signals for assessing trend characteristics related thereto. In a particular aspect, a time series of signals generated at respective endpoint devices participating in data communications in a data-communications system are monitored. Categorical variables indicative of a characteri...