ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,750,441, issued on Sept. 29.
"Method and apparatus for reducing network traffic" was invented by Thomas Riesenhuber (Rosenau am Hengstpass, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method carried out by a computer in an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the electronic device is configured for providing a telephone connection to a second electronic device, includes the steps: provide a telephone connection to the second electronic device; display an end call icon on the touch-sensitive display while providing the telephone connection to the second electronic device, wherein in case the telephone connection is term...