ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,432, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Using a reflective surface to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment" was invented by Joseph Soryal (Glendale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technologies described herein are generally directed to using a reflective surface to reflect a signal from access point equipment to signal receiving equipment in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include receiving a request from access point equipment to establish a communications session betw...