ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,994, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for controlling execution of software application based on state and method thereof" was invented by Hyerim Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihea Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Huijong Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seho Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinwook Chun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wonsun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, of an electronic device according to an example embodiment is, individually and/or collectively, configured to execut...