ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,758, issued on March 4, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Systems and methods for processing calls" was invented by Chia-Chang Li (Holmdel, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are described for authenticating calls. An example method may comprise receiving a message indicative of a call request. Header data associated with the message may be analyzed to determine an attestation value. A signature may be generated based on the attestation value. A signed message comprising the signature and at least a portion of the message may be sent."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2023, under ...