ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,727, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Tencent America LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Edge application server discovery and identification of activated edge application servers and associated profiles" was invented by Iraj Sodagar (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to an edge-enabled Fifth Generation Media Streaming (5GMS) system that includes a user device that transmits an edge application server (EAS) discovery request including at least one of: a service key performance indicator, a service area, a service availability schedule, or a service continuity scenario. An edge data network responds to the di...