ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,207, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Electronic device, network system, and control method thereof" was invented by Junhyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taewon Ahn (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dongkeon Kong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyejung Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are electronic device, a network system, and a control method thereof. An electronic device according to the present disclosure comprises a memory, a communication interface, and a processor which: when receiving network connection information including a hop count from a...