ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,534, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Osaka, Japan).

"User equipment and method for multi-SIM operation" was invented by Hung-Chen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan), Mei-Ju Shih (Taipei, Taiwan) and Yung-Lan Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user equipment and a method for performing a multi-Subscriber Identity Module (multi-SIM) operation are provided. The method includes connecting to a first network associated with a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) of the UE; receiving, from the first network, a first configuration indicating that the UE is allowed to transmit an assistance information messag...