ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,247, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device and method for controlling a connectable external device" was invented by Youngjae Meen (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Heeyul Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jaehyun Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a housing, a display, a memory storing an application, a communication module, and at least one processor electrically connected to the display, the memory, and the communication module, the at least one proc...