ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,862, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device using plurality of communication methods, and method for controlling same" was invented by Moonsoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Mincheol Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bokun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaheon Gu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngkow Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit that supports a first communication method and a second communication circuit configured to support a second communication meth...