ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,143, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing) and Lemon Inc. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Image compression and transmission method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium" was invented by Can Jin (Los Angeles), Yongjun Li (Los Angeles) and Xiaokai Li (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided an image compression and transmission method and apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. An image to be processed is divided into a first area image located at a center of the image and a second area image surrounding an outer side of the first area image, and an ...