ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,516, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Gateway function reauthentication" was invented by Apostolis Salkintzis (Athens, Greece), Sheeba Backia Mary Baskara (Friedrichsdorf, Germany) and Andreas Kunz (Ladenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for supporting TNGF reauthentication. One apparatus includes a processor that establishes connectivity with a first access point in a non-3GPP access network. The processor sends a first EAP message containing a NAI. If the NAI indicates a request to reauthenticate with a gateway function in the no...