ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,953, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DISH Network Technologies India Private Ltd. (Karnataka, India).

"Systems and methods for enabling cellular properties in satellite set top boxes using cellular networks" was invented by Rajesh Govindu (Karnataka, India), PrasannaKumar L (Karnataka, India) and Srinidhi An (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for enabling cellular properties in a broadcast satellite Set Top Box (STB) using a cellular network. The system includes a satellite receiver, a cellular antenna, and a satellite receiver STB. The satellite receiver receives broadcast signals from a satellite. The broadc...