ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,445, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Philadelphia).
"Enhanced cellular scanning" was invented by Prasad Ramanahally Siddalinga (Wayne, Pa.) and Sanjay Kumar Sharma (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device such as a mobile device may be configured to connect to and/or communicate with one or more networks. The device may receive information indicating that there is at least one other network within a range of the device. One of the networks within range of the device may comprise a preferred cellular network. The device may then scan for the preferred cellular network and communicate...