ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,354, issued on April 21, was assigned to Boost SubscriberCo LLC (Englewood, Colo.).

"Intelligent band switching" was invented by In-Kyung Kim (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intelligent band switching is disclosed. "LO" bands are those with frequencies of less than one gigahertz (GHz) and "HI" bands are those with frequencies of approximately 1.7 GHz or more. Two or more LO bands may be aggregated ("LOLO") when the signal strength received by user equipment (UE) is above a minimum signal strength threshold, for example. A LO band a HI band may be aggregated ("LOHI") when the signal strength received by the UE ...