ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,985, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Malikie Innovations Ltd. (Ireland).

"Steering of roaming in wireless communication networks" was invented by Adrian Buckley (Tracy, Calif.) and Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for steering of roaming (SOR) in wireless communication networks includes sending by a mobile equipment (ME) a registration message to a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN). The ME receives a first message from a home public land mobile network (HPLMN) through the VPLMN. The ME determines that the first message has failed a security check. In response to determini...