ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,328, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Systems and methods for implementing a zero trust model in connection with 5G networks" was invented by Lyle Walter Paczkowski (Mission Hills, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for assigning one or more Virtual Network Function (VNF) instances, or slices, to devices, and for monitoring each change of state associated with the slices. Embodiments include applying an Advanced Security Control (ASC) protocol to verify devices for each request for access to a slice, to establish a zero trust measurement with respect...