ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,692, issued on May 19, was assigned to GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Wireless communication method, station device, and access point device" was invented by Jinyue Yang (Dongguan, China), Chaoming Luo (Dongguan, China), Liuming Lu (Dongguan, China), Yawen Guo (Dongguan, China), Honghao Ju (Dongguan, China) and Lei Huang (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication, a station (STA) device, and an access point (AP) device are disclosed. The method includes: sending, by the STA device, a first frame by a randomized media access control MAC address that is encrypted or signed...