ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,049, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Method and device for supporting edge application server in wireless communication system supporting edge computing" was invented by Cheolung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hyesung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sungjin Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate, and relates to a method and device for efficiently supporting an EAS in a wireless communication system supporting edge computing. A method performed by an EES is ...