ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,105, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Distech Controls Inc. (Brossard, Canada).

"Computing device comprising a configurable Ethernet relay for operating in bridged or isolated mode" was invented by Daniel Beaudoin (Chambly, Canada) and Maxime Brunelle (Granby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computing device comprising first and second Ethernet ports, an Ethernet relay configurable to operate in pass-through or forwarding mode, and a processing unit. In pass-through mode, the Ethernet relay electrically connects first and second Ethernet ports to one another. An Ethernet frame received via one of the first and second Ethernet p...