ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,374, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for setting authority of indoor map-based device and operating method thereof" was invented by Sunghyun Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dowan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junsuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Eunmo Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyuncheol Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hwajeong Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a processor, and a memory storing instructions, th...