ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,013, issued on April 14, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Methods of route directing unmanned aerial vehicles" was invented by Andreas Nilsson (Gothenburg, Sweden), Jonas Friden (Molndal, Sweden), Fredrik Harrysson (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Lars Manholm (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (50) of route directing performed in an unmanned aerial vehicle (8a) is provided. The unmanned aerial vehicle (8a) comprises a communication module (9a) for wireless communication with an access node (2a, 2b) of a communications system (1). The method (50) comprises receiving (51), from a n...