ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,844, issued on April 21, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Charging method, apparatus, and system" was invented by Xiaoqian Chai (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example charging methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes sending first request information to a charging system by a charging trigger apparatus. The charging trigger apparatus receives a first response information sent by the charging system. The first request information is used to request the charging system to create a resource for a session between a user equipment and a data network. The first respo...