ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,628, issued on July 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for acquiring network information and method for operating same" was invented by Suyong Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sukkyung Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongsuk Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinyup Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Myonghwan Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device and a method for obtaining information on a cellular network through direct communication in an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a memory, a first ...