US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Nov. 4 for "Mechanism for unmanned vehicle authorization for operation over cellular networks" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,699, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Mechanism for unmanned vehicle authorization for operation over cellular networks" was invented by Stefano Faccin (San Ysidro, Calif.), Haris Zisimopoulos (London) and Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless network may receive a message from a wireless device that is coupled with an aerial vehicle. The message may include a network identifier, an aerial identifier, and operational information for the aerial vehicle. The wireless network may send a message to an a...