ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,304, issued on April 15, was assigned to INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS SAS (Paris).

"Method for activating a mobile device in a network, and associated display device and system" was invented by Renaud Dore (Rennes, France), Vincent Demoulin (Montfort sur Meu, France) and Frederic Plissonneau (Thorigne-Fouillard, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The purpose of the invention is a method for activating a mobile device in a network comprising at least one display device being coupled to a sensor. This method is characterised by the fact that it comprises: detecting the mobile device via the sensor coupled to the display devic...