ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,494, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Communications system with low-bandwidth messaging" was invented by Abhishek Walia (Santa Clara, Calif.), Gregory R Nelson (Los Altos, Calif.), Samy Touati (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Nelson M LeDuc (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communications system may include a satellite constellation and a terrestrial network that convey text messages between first and second user equipment (UE) devices. The terrestrial network may include a core network, an inter-working function (IWF) server, and carrier networks. The IWF server may distribute keys and the ...