ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,181, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"User equipment (UE) and communication control method for UE" was invented by Yoko Kuge (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A User Equipment (UE) includes a transmission and reception unit, a controller, and a storage unit. The transmission and reception unit receives allowed Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI). In a case that the UE is roaming, the controller deletes mapped Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI) of the allowed NSSAI from pending NSSAI stored by the storage unit."

The patent was filed on ...