ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,420, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC (Germantown, Md.).

"Multi-transport frequency selection" was invented by Michael Chin (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for device management in a multipath communication system includes: receiving candidate signal metrics data from a multipath modem of the device of supported combinations satellite networks and associated satellite frequencies and cellular networks and associated cellular frequencies; receiving subscriber data including a device location; evaluating the supported combinations by filtering supported satellite networks and s...