ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,108, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC (St. Louis).

"Apparatus and methods for spatial and operational differentiation and optimization in a wireless system" was invented by Volkan Sevindik (Parker, Colo.) and Haider Syed (Parker, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for providing multi-tier quasi-licensed spectrum wireless service via a common wireless access node such as a small-cell. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed system utilizes multi-sector antennae to create antenna lobes adaptively according to parameters associated with different cell sectors, such as user traff...