ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,545, issued on April 7, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Communication method and communication device" was invented by Xiandong Dong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a communication method and a communication device. The communication method may include: determining a first message frame, wherein the first message frame includes information for instructing a station device to request a fast initial link setup (FILS) IP address configuration; and sending the first message frame."

The patent was filed on Jan. 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/271,440.

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