ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,647, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Call collision resolution" was invented by Anish George (Bangalore, India), Anand N. Nirwani (Cupertino, Calif.) and Pratyush Gudla (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide call collision resolution procedures in wireless communication systems."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/840,485.

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