US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on May 5 for "Device connectivity management" (Georgia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,229, issued on May 5, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Device connectivity management" was invented by Nigel Bradley (Canton, Ga.), Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas), James Pratt (Round Rock, Texas), Ari Craine (Marietta, Ga.) and Robert Koch (Peachtree Corners, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology is directed towards managing the establishment and maintenance of communication connectivity between a device and service. Condition data can indicate when to initiate a state change of a connection between a device and a server. Current device conditions associated with the device are evaluated t...