ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,556, issued on June 17, was assigned to DISH Wireless LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for receiving broadcast content via an automotive port" was invented by Marcel Antonio Guajardo (Lakewood, Colo.) and Jeffery Graham Romaniuk (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a device that includes an automotive-specific connector are described herein. The device includes radiofrequency (RF) communication circuitry communicatively coupled to processing circuitry and configured to receive a broadcast digital television signal. The processing circuitry configured to receive a user selection of br...