ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,220, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to RAKUTEN SYMPHONY INC. (Tokyo) and RAKUTEN MOBILE INC. (Tokyo).

"Apparatus and method for policy-based automated exception handling" was invented by Unnikrishnan Keezhuridathil (Indore, India), Devendra Behera (Indore, India) and Ritesh Kumar Kalle (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To configure an application platform for policy-based automated exception handling, a plurality of policies are established, each defining a requirement for applications. A plurality of exceptions are also established, each defining an expiration time and indicating at least one of the policies. A processor automa...