US Patent Issued to CenturyLink Intellectual Property on May 5 for "Systems and methods to extend wireless access range" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,720, issued on May 5, was assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Denver).

"Systems and methods to extend wireless access range" was invented by Dean Ballew (Sterling, Va.) and John R.B. Woodworth (Amissville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a wireless network, the radio frequency (RF) environment of devices that are part of the network may change, for example, as portable devices are moved by users, or as other objects (which may obstruct or reflect RF signals) move within the environment. As such, systems and methods to extend wireless access range are provided."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2023, under Applicat...