ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,717, issued on May 12, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON ((Publ) Stockholm, Sweden).

"Controlling communications from content server to end device" was invented by Selim Ickin (Stocksund, Sweden), Tor Kvernvik (Taby, Sweden), Rafia Inam (Vasteras, Sweden) and Burak Demirel (Alvsjo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communications from a content server to an end device via a proxy device are controlled. The content server and the proxy device are connected by a first link using a streaming control protocol. The proxy device also has a connection to the end device over a second link. The method includes obtaining infor...