ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,988, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Method and device for protecting privacy in wireless communication system" was invented by Donghyun Je (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Dongmyung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method performed by a first network entity in a wireless communication system includes receiving an authentication acquisition response message including a sub...