ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,492, issued on July 14, was assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (Atlanta).

"Providing line of sight visualization from an originating point" was invented by Charles Stahulak (Chicago) and Daniel Redmond (Elk Grove, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving a first set of coordinates associated with a first geostationary point, identifying a first plurality of geostationary points having a clear line of sight to the first geostationary point and a second plurality of points lacking the clear line of sight to the first geostationary point, and generating a map in which the first plurality of geostationar...