ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,415, issued on March 17, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Systems and methods for using a mobile gateway in a low power wide area network" was invented by Ross Gilson (Philadelphia) and William Carroll Versteeg (Buford, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for effectuating communication in a low power wide area network using a mobile data-handling device are disclosed. A method may comprise moving a mobile data-handling device to a first position that is within communication range of an end node of a low power wide area network. The mobile data-handling device may receive a data pac...