ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,008, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Router device and method for configuring network function thereof" was invented by Wei-Sheng Teng (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Hsin-Ping Kang (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A router device and a method for configuring network function thereof are provided. The method adapted to the router device includes the following steps. A virtual local area network is established for a network application scenario. When a terminal device is connected to the router device, the terminal device is determined to be belonging to the virtual local are...