ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,931, issued on March 18, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).
"Methods, system and communication devices related to lawful interception" was invented by Daniele Gaito (Naples, Italy), Raffaele Costabile (Torre del Greco, Italy) and Gaetano Barba (Sant'Antonio Abate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods, communication devices, computer programs and computer program products related to Lawful Interception, LI. An LI, Administration Function, ADMF, sends a request over an X1 interface to a Network Element, NE, that is configured to perform an action associated with an LI, ...