ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,895, issued on July 21, was assigned to AT&T Intellecutal Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Drop-in probe that facilitates management and configuration of internet of things network connected devices" was invented by Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas), Bernard S. Renger (New Providence, N.J.), Behzad Shahraray (Holmdel, N.J.), David Crawford Gibbon (Lincroft, N.J.), Lee Begeja (Gillette, N.J.) and Timothy Innes (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Management and configuration of internet of things network connected devices is facilitated herein. A probe device comprises a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by a proce...