ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,787, issued on June 2, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Network function reallocation with security context" was invented by Andreas Kunz (Ladenburg, Germany), Sheeba Backia Mary Baskaran (Friedrichsdorf, Germany) and Genadi Velev (Darmstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for network function reallocation with security context. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver. The processor is configured to detect, at a first network function of a mobile wireless communication network, that the first network function cannot serve a requested network...