ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,343, issued on June 10, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Managing lawful interception information" was invented by Francesco Attanasio (Roccapiemonte, Italy) and Amedeo Imbimbo (Caivano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A determination is made that an identity of a non-target communicating entity (102) with which a target communicating entity (101) is communicating, is to be obfuscated in any report of lawful interception of the target communicating entity (101) to a law enforcement agency (131). Lawful interception is performed of the target communicating entity (101) and information pertainin...