ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,892, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Managing connectivity of a device to a network" was invented by Alexandros Nikou (Stockholm), Assad Alam (Alvsjo, Sweden), Pedro Batista (Sollentuna, Sweden), Tor Kvernvik (Taby, Sweden), Marin Orlic (Bromma, Sweden), Alessandro Previti (Stockholm) and Konstantinos Vandikas (Solna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method performed by an entity for managing connectivity of a device to a network. The method comprises selecting, from a plurality of connectivity service providers in the network, a connectivity service pro...