ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,557, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Borrower privacy enhancement for shared-line solutions" was invented by Venkata Kondeti (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for sharing or borrowing communication lines are discussed herein. For example, a system can distinguish between a communication line borrower and a communication line owner based on unique user identifiers. The system can identify the communication line borrower as an intended recipient of communication information and user information based on a unique identifier of the communication line borrower that is assoc...