ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,846, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Multicast broadcast service continuity in connected state" was invented by Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus for mobile communications including is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives measurement configuration parameters including one or more first measurement configuration parameters for handover decisions associated with one or more first services, the one or more first services associated with a first type of service and one or more second measurement configuration parameters for handover de...