ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,880, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Data transmission method and apparatus" was invented by Shengfeng Xu (Beijing) and Yanmei Yang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmission method includes determining, by a terminal device, to use a multi-path transmission mode for transmission of a first data flow. The multi-path transmission mode is through at least two paths. The data transmission method further includes performing, by the terminal device, transmission of the first data flow through at least two paths of a second path set. The second path set includes a direct...