ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,414, issued on July 29, was assigned to DISH Wireless LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Intelligent router bonding 5G telephony and digital subscriber line services" was invented by George Gevargis (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid 5G/DSL service provides an on-premises router device that monitors both wireless and wired data connections to provide optimized service using both connections. A 5G/DSL router can make use of "always available" bandwidth of a DSL connection to avoid overuse of more limited wireless bandwidth while augmenting and/or substituting with wireless bandwidth as needed. A hybrid 5G/DSL service may ...