ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,873, issued on March 17, was assigned to Beken Corp. (Shanghai).

"Efficient channel allocation method" was invented by Qiang Sun (Shanghai), Feixi Liang (Shanghai), Xueli Lyu (Shanghai) and Guochu Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides system and methods for allocating the schedule period among multiple channels. The method includes receiving a first signal from a first channel and receiving a second signal from a second channel. The first signal includes a first communication request and the second signal includes a second communication request. The method includes determining a first priority...