ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,316, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Method for direct communication, and user equipment" was invented by Wei Hong (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for direct communication may be performed by a user equipment (UE) receiving a proximity based service (ProSe), and includes: acquiring a security policy corresponding to the ProSe; and establishing direct communication security with a UE initiating the ProSe based on the security policy. A device for direct communication may also implement the method."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2021, under Application No. 18/2...