US Patent Issued to Charter Communications Operating on Oct. 14 for "Network access control and offloading" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,854, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Network access control and offloading" was invented by Shane B. Newberg (Aurora, Colo.) and Christopher J. Teague (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network environment includes multiple wireless access points and communication management hardware. The communication management hardware controls connectivity of a mobile communication device to the first wireless access point. For example, the communication management hardware receives communications from a first wireless access point. In response to receiving the communicat...