ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,278, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Network system level division method and apparatus" was invented by Ruiyue Xu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network system level division method and an apparatus. The method may include: obtaining an operation and maintenance parameter of a network system in an operation and maintenance scenario, where the operation and maintenance parameter is used to represent operation and maintenance performance of the network system in the operation and maintenance scenario; and determining an automation level of the network system in the operatio...