ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,537, issued on April 7, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Methods for cell access and devices" was invented by Weijie Xu (Dongguan, China) and Shukun Wang (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for cell access and devices are provided, which can efficiently control cell access of an internet of things (IoT)-type device. A method includes the following. A terminal device obtains first indication information. The terminal device determines, according to the first indication information, whether the terminal device is allowed to access a cell, where the terminal devi...