US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 3 for "Active call handover" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,805, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Active call handover" was invented by Michael Neuhaeuser (Sankt Wolfgang, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for an active call handover includes receiving, at a mobile network operator (MNO), a handover request to transfer an active call, which is currently active between a first user equipment (UE) and a third-party device, from the first UE to a second UE. The MNO sends a first invitation message to the second UE and a second invitation message to the third-party device. The active call is transferred from the first UE to the second UE."

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