ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,202, issued on March 3, was assigned to NetApp Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Computed systems layout leveraging augmented reality in the data center" was invented by Michael K. Nunez (Lyons, Colo.) and Vincent G. Taluskie (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for creating an instance of a 3D model of an IT component within an AR world coordinate space are provided. According to one embodiment, a layout of a system of IT components may be specified in terms of respective rack unit locations within a rack. Based on a relative position with respect to an anchor component and the location of the anchor compone...