ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,204, issued on May 27, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Time synchronization method and apparatus" was invented by Wei Hong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for time synchronization includes: receiving a message carrying time synchronization function information, the time synchronization function information being used for time synchronization of a station and an access point under multiple links; and controlling the time synchronization of the station and the access point under the multiple links by using the time synchronization function information."

The patent was filed on Jan. ...