ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,021, issued on July 22, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Terminal capability identifier operation method and communications device" was invented by Xiaowan Ke (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this disclosure provide a terminal capability identifier operation method and a communications device. The operation method includes: deleting a terminal capability identifier in a case that a first condition is met; and/or retaining the terminal capability identifier in a case that a second condition is met."

The patent was filed on Dec. 16, 2021, under Application No. 17/55...