ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,263, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).

"Controlling data transmission between a rail-bound vehicle and a land-based device by means of the land-based device" was invented by Roland Porsch (Speichersdorf, Germany) and Rafael Peter Revesz (Zsambek, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for controlling transmission of data between a rail-bound vehicle and a land-based device. A communication characteristic of a mobile communication gateway of a plurality of mobile communication gateways of the rail-bound vehicle is identified, where the mobile communication gateway includes at leas...