ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,043, issued on May 5, was assigned to ETAK Systems LLC (Huntersville, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for utilizing remote visualization for installing fiber networks" was invented by Lee Priest (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for installing a fiber network include causing one or more cameras to capture a plurality of photographs of an installation area; obtaining the plurality of photographs and causing processing of the plurality of photographs to provide one or more remote visualizations of the installation area; utilizing the one or more remote visualizations to determine an optimal route for trenchin...