ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,163, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to THALES DIS FRANCE SAS (Meudon, France).

"Method to automatically switch a subscription between telecommunication networks" was invented by Ly Thanh Phan (Le Plessis Robinson, France), Vincent Dany (Aubagne, France) and Jean-Francois Gros (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for connecting a terminal cooperating with a secure element to a second network, the secure element having a subscription from a first network whilst the secure element is roaming on a third network, the secure element storing the PLMN code of the second network, called second PLMN code, an...