ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,304, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Providing privacy for non-public networks" was invented by Noamen Ben Henda (Vallingby, Sweden), Joachim Sachs (Sollentuna, Sweden) and Kun Wang (Solna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect there is provided a method for providing privacy, where the method is performed by a network node (e.g., gNB) and includes: obtaining a first security parameter (e.g., an encryption key) for use in concealing information (e.g., TSI originating from a TSN) associated with a first network (e.g., a first NPN); receiving information transmitted ...