Verizon Patent and Licensing Assigned Patent

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ, has been assigned a patent (10,275,476) developed by Dubois, Jean F., Boothbay Harbor, ME, and Moran, Patrick J., Shrewsbury, MA, for a “machine to machine data aggregator.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”A computer system may include data aggregator logic configured to ingest a data item from a data source via an aggregation socket, wherein the aggregation socket is configured to ingest data items of a particular data type, identify a schema associated with the aggregation socket, convert the data item into a common data format using the identified schema, store the converted data item in a common data format storage associated with the computer device, and provide the stored data item to a data utilization system. The computer system may further maintain and record provenance and reputation models associated with data items stored in the common data format storage.”

The patent application was filed on December 22, 2014 (14/579,307).