ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,370, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Methods and systems for communication" was invented by Yubin Li (Philadelphia) and Jiongkuan Hou (Mount Laurel, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication techniques (e.g., IP-based communications, multicast communications, unicast communications, wireless communications, etc.) are described. Devices may establish discrete communication sessions, with defined start and end times determined at the network layer of an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, to exchange content."

The patent was filed on March 27, 2024, under Application N...