ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,231, issued on July 1, was assigned to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (South Korea).

"Method and device for time point for starting MBS configuration" was invented by Sangkyu Baek (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Anil Agiwal (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Soenghun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a communication technique which combines, with IoT technology a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, ...