ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,782, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Method for operating a network" was invented by Florian Holst (Munich) and Marcel Walter (Bamberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for operating a network having an endpoint administering a network resource. The method may include: defining a set of rules for the endpoint; monitoring compliance of the endpoint with the set of rules; allocating a score depending on the compliance; and implementing a measure based on the score."

The patent was filed on Sept. 30, 2021, under Application No. 18/247,195.

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