ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,077, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for reducing power consumption in network on basis of Wi-Fi direct protocol, and method related thereto" was invented by Buseop Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprises a display, a memory, a wireless communication circuit supporting a Wi-Fi Direct protocol, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the memory, and the wireless communication circuit, wherein the processor may be configured to create, through the wireless communication circuit, a first group on th...