ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,286, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for switching communication interface in wireless communication system" was invented by Minho Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chounjong Nam (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Junhak Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an operating method of an electronic device in a wireless communication system includes: establishing a wireless communication connection for transmitting and receiving data to and from an access point in a first communication method; rece...