ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,493, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for determining configuration" was invented by Qi Xiong (Beijing), Yi Wang (Beijing), Feifei Sun (Beijing) and Bin Yu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related tech...