ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,855, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC (St. Louis).

"Methods and apparatus for service provision to out-of-coverage apparatus in wireless systems" was invented by Saran Khalid (Denver) and Yusuf M. Shaikh (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for provision of resources from one or more devices within a wireless communication network to one or more devices that are outside of the wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called "quasi-licensed" CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a...