ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,706, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Framework for authenticating and authorizing user equipments (UEs) for localized services" was invented by Naman Gupta (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kisuk Kweon (Suwon-si, 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. In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, a method for providing localized service by a policy control function (PCF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprises receiving, from a localized service provider (LS...