ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,688, issued on May 19, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Home network initiated primary authentication/reauthentication" was invented by David Castellanos Zamora (Madrid), Helena Vahidi Mazinani (Lund, Sweden), Vlasios Tsiatsis (Solna, Sweden) and Jesus Angel De Gregorio Rodriguez (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Initiating primary reauthentication of a communication device by a home network (UDM or AUSF) is provided. A trigger to initiate a primary reauthentication request of a communication device is detected. An authentication status of the subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) of the com...