ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,214, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Wireless channel monitoring, acquisition, and alignment" was invented by Ahmad Reza Hedayat (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes multiple techniques of implementing listen before talk functionality to provide multiple mobile communication devices connectivity with a wireless base station."

The patent was filed on July 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/859,570.

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