ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,772, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cox Communications Inc..

"Automated communication channel selection" was invented by Yousef Wasef Nijim (Cumming, Ga.), Michael Paul Overcash (Duluth, Ga.), Anthony Joseph Insinga (Powder Springs, Ga.) and James Alan Strothmann (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated communication channel selection is provided. A method, system, and computer readable storage device automatically perform a discovery process of a MoCA(R) network, to determine a topology of the network, perform a spectrum analysis of a DOCSIS(R) network of which a portion of the frequency range may be shared, ap...