ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,060, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Tracking-area update method and apparatus, communication device, and storage medium" was invented by Xiandong Dong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking-area update method, performed by UE, and including: reporting auxiliary information, the auxiliary information includes location information and movement information of the UE; the auxiliary information is configured to determine whether the UE is located in a boundary of two Tracking Areas by a core network."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2020, under Application No. 18/032,95...