ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,702, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for selectively compressing and decompressing files based on free space and use frequency" was invented by Hyeongjun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojoong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungdo Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunjoon Cha (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 storage, and a processor configured to execute a storage device manager function, when the storage device manager function is execut...