ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,044, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).
"System and method for satellite-based masking and amplification" was invented by Eric Zavesky (Austin, Texas) and James H. Pratt (Round Rock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that has a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, including receiving a request for an observation of an overhead viewing area from an observer location; discovering an inter...