ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,629, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Level 3 Communications LLC (Denver).

"Enhanced automated ethernet testing for communication networks" was invented by Durwankur Damle (Erie, Colo.), Shelli Hurd (Arvada, Colo.), Suren Rodrigues (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Rabih Nahas (Erie, Colo.), Dayne Allen (Broomfield, Colo.), Zhuo Jing (Erie, Colo.), Brian Sanniola (Parker, Colo.) and Jun Cha (Castle Pines, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to automated Ethernet testing for a communications network. A device may identify a service identifier of a service provided by the commu...