ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,881, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Relay determination method and apparatus" was invented by Xing Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay determination method is performed by a terminal device, and includes: determining a relay determination strategy of the terminal device according to state information of the terminal device; and determining a relay terminal device of the terminal device according to the relay determination strategy."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2021, under Application No. 18/579,913.

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