US Patent Issued to Comcast Cable Communications on April 15 for "Methods and apparatus for selecting an antenna" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,677, issued on April 15, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Methods and apparatus for selecting an antenna" was invented by Ryan Michael Cunningham (Haddon Heights, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a plurality of antennas may sense or receive data related to a magnetic field. A strength of the magnetic field may be determined. Based on the strength of the magnetic field, a location or orientation of the device may be determined. The location of the device may be used to select an antenna from the plurality of antennas for transmitting data from the device or receiving data at the de...