ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,432, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Science Applications International Corp. (Reston, Va.).
"Large network simulation" was invented by Todd A. Neal (Madison, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for simulating a network. Interrogations directed to hosts in the simulated network may be received. For some interrogations, data objects may be instantiated to simulate the interrogated hosts by, e.g., providing responses to low-level network commands. One or more characteristics of a simulated host may be determined randomly or pseudo-randomly."
The patent was filed on Feb. 8, 2023, under...