US Patent Issued to Comcast Cable Communications on Oct. 7 for "Managing network packet flows based on device information" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,952, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Managing network packet flows based on device information" was invented by Yiu Leung Lee (Philadelphia) and Charles Allen Helfinstine (Wynnewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable information about devices connected behind a gateway, such as a home gateway, to be made available to and used by other entities, such as servers and routers, on a communications network."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/525,524.

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