ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,137, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I. LP (Atlanta).

"Circuit management using a circuit management service" was invented by Kim L. Withers (Helotes, Texas) and Joseph Harten (Long Valley, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Circuit management using a circuit management service can include sending a request for circuit management data that relates to a circuit associated with an installation site to a circuit management service; receiving the circuit management data, the circuit management data including a circuit identifier and data that identifies a first endpoint device and its location, and a seco...