ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,686, issued on May 20, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Charge control method, charge control apparatus and storage medium" was invented by Changyu Sun (Beijing) and Hang Ren (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charge control method can include: in response to connection with a charge device, selecting a charge protocol; when the selected charge protocol is a universal fast charge specification, determining a charge control strategy matching the universal fast charge specification, and charging the charge device based on the charge control strategy."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2021, und...