ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,026, issued on May 20, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).
"Data gathering for a node" was invented by Ivan Ong (Malvern, Pa.), David J. Urban (Downingtown, Pa.) and Clifton Lowery (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed including a mobile device configured for initiating a communication session with a transceiver interface of a node that comprises a network interface. The node may be queried via the communication session for a status report associated with an error, and an instruction may be communicated to the node via the communication session instructing the node...