ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,618, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for switching connection of device to device communication" was invented by Buseop Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Beomjip Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The device includes a communication circuit and a processor configured to receive, in a connected state with an access point (AP), information on an external electronic device related to a first communication scheme and information on the external electronic device related to a second communication scheme diffe...