ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,685, issued on May 20, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Small cell aggregation service" was invented by Amir Saghir (Frisco, Texas) and Said Hanbaly (Prosper, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in which a small cell aggregation service is provided. The service may include providing a global identifier for small cell devices that may be used for the transmission and reception of messages between small cell devices and core network devices. The service may include an intermediary network device, such as a g...