ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,525, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LLC (Dallas).
"Method and system for directly connecting a PON device to a mobile device to provide real-time information" was invented by John Valdez (Copper Canyon, Texas), James Steacy (Dallas) and Yan Wang (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for repairing a network failure in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include establishing a communication session with an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON via a short-range communication link. In response to establishing the communication session, the techniques include receiving diagnostic infor...