ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,413, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nant Holdings IP LLC (Culver City, Calif.).
"Software-based fabric enablement" was invented by Thomas M. Wittenschlaeger (Flowery Branch, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first fabric abstraction layer couples to a data link layer and a physical layer of a network fabric device. The network fabric device is connected to other network elements within a network via at least one network connection, such as a fiber optic connection. A second fabric abstraction layer couples to the data link layer and an application of the network device. The second fabric abstraction layer provides an applicatio...