ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,645, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Clock calibrator for network devices" was invented by Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, N.C.), Peiman Amini (Fremont, Calif.) and Ardalan Alizadeh (Campbell, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, methods, and processes for calibrating clock signals of network devices are described herein. A device can initiate a ranging procedure with a reference device for synchronizing a clock signal of the device. The ranging procedure may utilize Fine Time Measurement (FTM), Ultra-Wide band (UWB), or similar protocols. The device can also synchronize the c...