ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,607, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) slicing" was invented by Anil Kumar Mariyani (Ashburn, Va.) and Subramania Kaushik (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) uses IMS slices in association with wireless network slices. The IMS receives an IMS registration from an IMS user device. In response, a wireless communication network identifies the wireless network slice that currently serves the IMS user device. The wireless communication network and/or the IMS selects an IMS slice for the...