ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,357, issued on May 5, was assigned to Ribbon Communications Operating Co. Inc. (Westford, Mass.).

"Methods and apparatus to preserve original attestation/signature information for diverted calls" was invented by Tolga Asveren (Bordentown, N.J.) and Pradeep Bala (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communications methods and apparatus for preserving STIR/SHAKEN original attestation/signature information for diverted Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages and/or calls. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving, at a first Session Border Controller (SBC), a diverted Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) I...