ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,237, issued on May 13, was assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Network slice reselection" was invented by Mahmoud Watfa (Saint Leonard, Canada) and Saad Ahmad (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for network slice selection and/or reselection. A WTRU may receive updated assistance information for network slice selection and/or reselection. The WTRU may apply local policies to determine when to use the updated assistance information to access a network slice. The WTRU may determine whether to contact an existing network slice function or a new net...