ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,060, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for registering with network slice in wireless communication system" was invented by Hoyeon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangsoo Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of a network function (NF) entity performing communication in a wireless communication system includes: in case that a first registration request of a user equipment (UE) for a slice is received at an access and mobility function (AMF) entity through a first network, receiving a first slice availability request message for...