ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,050, issued on May 12, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Technique for performing a context transfer" was invented by Attila Mihaly (Dunakeszi, Hungary) and Maria Cruz Bartolome Rodrigo (Torremocha de Jarama Madrid, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for performing a context transfer from a first session management entity to a second session management entity in a mobile communication system is provided, wherein the context transfer concerns a data session associated with a User Equipment, UE, wherein the data session is handled by the first session management entity via a first gateway...