ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,920, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Managing quality of experience in communications networks" was invented by Sarma V. Vangala (Campbell, Calif.), Seyedamirhossein Hosseini (San Diego), Sreevalsan Vallath (Dublin, Calif.) and Tarik Tabet (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing a QoE for a UE in a communications network is provided. The method includes determining, based at least on data received in a communications session, one or more parameters affecting the QoE. The method includes determining weights corresponding to the one or more parameters. The method includ...