ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,314, issued on March 18, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Methods of determining access categories and/or establishment causes and related devices" was invented by Pontus Wallentin (Linkoping, Sweden), Janne Peisa (Espoo, Finland), Hans Krister Mikael Sallberg (Lund, Sweden), Ivo Sedlacek (Hovorcovice, Czech Republic) and Jens Bergqvist (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of operating a user equipment UE are discussed. An access category may be determined from a plurality of access categories and at least one access identity may be determined from a plurality of access identi...