ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,217, issued on July 28, was assigned to ORANGE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"Method, device and system for registering a terminal with a communication network" was invented by Antoine Mouquet (Chatillon Cedex, France) and Todor Gamishev (Chatillon Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for registering a terminal with a communication network. The method is implemented in a management entity following receipt of a registration request message requesting registration of the terminal with the network. The management entity includes at least one previous registration of the terminal with the communication network. The met...