US Patent Issued to AT&T Intellectual Property I on Feb. 17 for "Determining and using elevation of a user device" (New York, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,884, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Determining and using elevation of a user device" was invented by Joseph Soryal (Glendale, N.Y.) and Venson Shaw (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Determining and using elevation of a user device can include generating router location data that comprises an identifier that identifies a router that is located at a geographic location and data that specifies an elevation at which the router is located at the geographic location and detecting an elevation data request. The elevation data request can identify the router and can be associated...