ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,325, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"User charging over an exposure function in a wireless communication network" was invented by Lyle Walter Paczkowski (Mission Hills, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Network Exposure Function (NEF) charges a user for a wireless data service. The NEF exposes a service charge for the wireless data service to the user. The NEF receives a user request for the wireless data service at the service charge. The NEF directs a wireless communication network to deliver the wireless data service to the user in response to the user request. The NEF receives...