ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,473, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device, remote control device and controlling method thereof" was invented by Kihyun Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jehwan Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minsup Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukhoon Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongkeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chaeyoung Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example electronic device includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit, and a processor for performing control such that the second communication unit operates in a scan state in...