ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,680, issued on May 20, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Public warning system messaging in private and public networks" was invented by Yung-Lan Tseng (Taipei, Taiwan), Mei-Ju Shih (Taipei, Taiwan) and Hung-Chen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a user equipment (UE) for receiving a public warning system (PWS) message is provided. The method receives, via a first serving cell or a higher layer of the UE, a configuration for warning message reception that is associated with a first network. The method receives the PWS message from a second network that is supported by a second serving cell. Th...