ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,744, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device for providing blockchain-based service, and operation method thereof" was invented by Youna Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngkow Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seongmin Je (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor, a wireless communication circuit, and memory to store instructions. The instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to receive a short-range wireless communication signal fro...