ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,885, issued on March 3, was assigned to Boost SubscriberCo LLC (Englewood, Colo.).
"Accessory device for satellite communications" was invented by Stephen James Bye (Littleton, Colo.) and In-Kyung Kim (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a portable electronic accessory. The accessory has a body and a housing covering configured to attach to a portion of a human body or another external apparatus. The housing includes a satellite modem for (i) converting digital data received from a mobile device into first radio signals for transmission to a satellite, and (ii) converting second radio signals rec...