ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,642, issued on July 21, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Communication methods and apparatuses, and storage medium" was invented by Yajun Zhu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining a first time information for receiving a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal; based on the first time information, receiving the GNSS signal from a satellite, and performing no data transmission with a base station when the GNSS signal is received."

The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2020, under Applicati...