ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,364, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Communication of prioritized data" was invented by Krishna Myneni (Santa Clara, Calif.), Dhruv Khati (San Jose, Calif.), Shiva Krishna Narra (San Jose, Calif.), Sanjeevi Balasubramanian (San Jose, Calif.) and Anjaneyulu Maganti (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device determines that a first network is inaccessible and that non-prioritized services associated with a second network are unavailable. In response, the electronic device communicates non-prioritized data via a third network. Additionally, in response to determining that pr...