ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,415, issued on May 13, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Techniques for dynamic network strengthening" was invented by Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.), Bryan Pinos (Williamsburg, Va.) and Lindsay Helbing (Newport News, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for network strengthening, such as by detecting issues with one or more network components and reconfiguring one or more upstream or downstream network components to preempt issues with the one or more upstream or downstream network components, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a...