US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Dec. 9 for "Controlling transmission of data in a network" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,989, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Controlling transmission of data in a network" was invented by Jaime Jimenez (Espoo, Finland) and Ari Keranen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of a Lightweight Machine to Machine (LwM2M) device and of an LwM2M managing device of controlling transmission of data in a network. A method of an LwM2M device is provided of for controlling transmission of data in a network includes sending a message having data towards an intended receiver. The message includes information indicating a maximum number of hops allowed for the message, th...