US Patent Issued to T-Mobile USA on May 5 for "Identifying telecommunications network performance on roadways" (Washington, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,681, issued on May 5, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Identifying telecommunications network performance on roadways" was invented by Bill G. McCracken (Lenexa, Kan.) and Karen Chantal Castelain (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to identify network performance on paths (e.g., roads, highways, hiking routes, etc.) to enhance a customer's experience with a telecommunications service provider during travel are disclosed. The method includes receiving, such as from a user at a mobile device, a request to generate a user-optimal path having at least a threshold level of network performance ind...