ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,394, issued on March 25, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Network switching method" was invented by Li Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network switching method includes: in the case that a first network connection is established between the network device and a first terminal, instructing the first terminal to make a network connection with the network device through a second terminal. The first terminal is connected to the second terminal through a second network, and the second terminal is connected to the network device through the first network."

The patent was file...