ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,481, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Controlling reflected signals" was invented by Deven Vazirani (Wayne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network access device placed between one or more distribution devices and multiple premises may remotely or wirelessly monitor and/or analyze signal characteristics at the network access device and or of equipment at the multiple premises. The network access device may adjust switchably-filtered signal paths between the distribution device(s) and the multiple premises to remove or mitigate signal interference."

The patent was filed on Nov. 2...