ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,207, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"System and method for detecting cable system signal ingress" was invented by Patrick Phillip Hunter (Saint Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed to identify defects in a cable plant including a cable comprises a carriage and a roller attached to the carriage. The roller is configured to sit on a cable plant. A motor is attached to the carriage and is coupled to the roller to cause rotation of the roller in at least a first direction, to cause movement of the carriage across the cable plant. A transmitter is attac...