ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,653, issued on June 3, was assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Horsham, Pa.).

"System and method for providing common key among media gateway appliance subsystem" was invented by Ju Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for enabling and supporting the use of a shared key code among multiple media gateway appliance subsystems. The system enables a user to specify the particular key code to be utilized, as well as the specific subsystems it will be associated with. The system and method will require a user to enter the shared key code as a prerequisite for accessing certain restricted content, functionali...