ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,019, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for controlling overheat of the electronic device based on controlling background process in the electronic device" was invented by Sungyong Bang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjin Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hakryoul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Mooyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a communication module, a temperature sensor, a memory and a processor operatively connected to the communication module, the tempe...