ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,604, issued on May 12, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Data packet transmission methods and data packet transmission apparatus" was invented by Dong Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data packet transmission method, performed by a first device, includes: determining an Internet Protocol (IP) data packet. The IP data packet comprises a router identifier of a router for transmitting the IP data packet, and a first time corresponding to the router identifier. The first time is time when the router sends the IP data packet."

The patent was filed on Jan. 29, 2021, under Application No. 18/2...