ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,352, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for supporting a plurality of communication networks" was invented by Omkar Dharmadhikari (Lakewood, Colo.), Sundar R. Sriram (Aurora, Ill.), Tao Wan (Ottawa) and Yunjung Yi (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method operable by an authentication element for authenticating devices for a plurality of communication networks includes (1) supporting authentication of a first device for a private Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) wireless communication network via an interface between a core network of t...