ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,246, issued on June 23, was assigned to T-Mobile Innovations LLC.

"Multi-SIM device handling via entitlement server" was invented by Ying Sheng Liang (Auburn, Wash.) and Anthony Yiu (Newcastle, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for managing a dual subscriber identity module (SIM) device is performed by an entitlement server. The method comprises receiving and storing a status of a SIM indicating that the SIM is off from a mobile communication device comprising at least two SIMs. The method also comprises receiving a transfer SIM request from a transfer mobile communication device to transfer the SIM from the mobile commun...