ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,611, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Transmission of lawful interception information by a network element" was invented by Daniele Gaito (Naples, Italy), Gaetano Barba (Sant'Antonio Abate, Italy) and Raffaele Costabile (Torre del Greco, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawful interception administrative function (ADMF) transmits (201) to a network element (NE) via an XI interface, a request for information pertaining to LI tasks that are associated with the NE. The request comprises a bulk indicator that indicates a procedure of transmission, from the NE to the ADMF, of sa...