ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,041, issued on March 24, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Wireless charging method and apparatus, communication apparatus, and computer readable storage medium" was invented by Xiaowei Jiang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wireless charging method, comprising: sending a wireless charging request to a network device for requesting the network device to provide a wireless charging configuration for the terminal, wherein the wireless charging request carries first auxiliary information, and the first auxiliary information at least indicates a wireless chargin...