ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,399, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for remote control of electronic device" was invented by Lyesuk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for remote control of an electronic device is provided. The apparatus includes a communication module, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain key information associated with a first electronic device, receive a virtual identification (ID) and location information based on the key information from a second electronic device, identify the first electronic devi...