ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,912, issued on July 7, was assigned to Synactive Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"System and method for improved sap communications" was invented by Thomas Ewe (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network device monitors communications between a server and a client. The network device simulates certain types of required responses from the client to the server to maintain a persistent session between a client and the server when the actual session may be intermittent. The network device condenses application screens from the server to streamline user interaction between the client and the server. The network device stores required r...