ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,054, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Communication using dynamic spectrum access based on channel selection" was invented by Tusher Chakraborty (Bangalore, India), Deepak Vasisht (Redmond, Wash.), Ranveer Chandra (Kirkland, Wash.), Zerina Kapetanovic (Seattle), Heping Shi (Bellevue, Wash.) and Nissanka Arachchige Bodhi Priyantha (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure described herein configures a client device for communication using dynamic spectrum access within a frequency spectrum, such as television white space (TVWS), using a determined location of ...