ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,947, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"First node, second node, fourth node, fifth node and methods performed thereby for handling indications" was invented by Juan Manuel Fernandez Galmes (Getafe, Spain), Jose Miguel Dopico Sanjuan (Torrelodones, Spain) and Emiliano Merino Vazquez (Leganes, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method, performed by a first node. The method is for handling indications. The first node operates in a communications system. The first node receives one or more first indications from a second node operating in the communications sy...