ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,003, issued on June 30, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Methods, devices and system for lawful interception by subscribing to a notification" was invented by Giuseppe Celozzi (Naples, Italy), Daniele Gaito (Naples, Italy), Francesco Attanasio (Roccapiemonte, Italy), Gennaro Falanga (Torre Annunziata, Italy), Gianpaolo Di Mauro (Nocera Superiore, Italy) and Rosa Catapano (Salerno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a Lawful Interception Administration Function device (102) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from a Law Enforcement Agency (101), a first request messa...