ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,577, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Data disruption tracking for wireless networks, such as IMS networks" was invented by Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman (Bellevue, Wash.) and Hsin Fu Henry Chiang (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tracking and logging mute events that occur during communication sessions are disclosed. The method includes generating a disruption report that includes one or more aspects of a mute event detected during a communication session. The disruption report is communicated to a network for further analysis."

The patent was filed on March...