ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,114, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Framework for unified wireless communications" was invented by Jason Wayne Hayes (Lynnwood, Wash.), Yamuna Sai Mukkamala (Bellevue, Wash.) and Hamza Hydri Syed (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for using a single number for multiple devices supported by distinct network operators are described. A secondary device from a different network operator may be provisioned on a wireless communications network and associated with a primary telephone number that is also associated with one or more other devices so that traffic for the pr...