ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,176, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Granite Telecommunications LLC (Quincy, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for virtual modem communications over internet protocol" was invented by Kevan Moshayedi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments perform virtual modem communications over Internet Protocol (IP). One such embodiment includes a customer appliance and a virtual modem. The customer appliance is operably connected to a customer device. The virtual modem is in a data center and communicates with the customer appliance via a first network. The virtual modem is configured to intercept an IP communication via a second ...