ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,984, issued on May 12, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Identifying and disrupting data sessions in telecommunications networks" was invented by Geoffrey Todd Gibson (Ben Wheeler, Texas) and Jeffrey Scott Simon Jr. (Issaquah, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein provide systems, devices, methods, and media for terminating malicious data sessions within a telecommunication network. In aspects, various mechanisms are deployed to identify malware infected devices by monitoring and identifying malicious communications."

The patent was filed on Oct. 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/929,877....