US Patent Issued to Charter Communications Operating on April 8 for "Auditing CATV subscriber taps using images" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,657, issued on April 8, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Auditing CATV subscriber taps using images" was invented by Patrick Phillip Hunter (Saint Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing system receives at least one first image of a first device affixed to a structure above ground. The computing system determines that the at least one first image depicts a CATV tap comprising a plurality of coaxial connectors. The computing system determines, based in part on the at least one first image and a set of coaxial cables, each coaxial cable connected to a coaxial connector of the plurality ...