ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,907, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Software-defined wide area network self-service for service assurance" was invented by Zhiqiang Qian (Holmdel, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to software-defined wide-area network ("SD-WAN") self-service for service assurance. The proposed SD-WAN self-service solution can be used for any policy-driven system that automatically troubleshoots the problems resulting from hybrid SD-WAN network activities, including virtual private network ("VPN"), IP tunnel, IPSec, and security policies. Acc...