ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,493, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Telecommunications apparatus and methods" was invented by Brian Alexander Martin (Basingstoke, Great Britain) and Martin Warwick Beale (Basingstoke, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal device in a wireless telecommunication system which transmits a master information block and a first and a second system information block the first and second system information block comprising first and second scheduling information relating to the timing of at least one additional block of system information. The terminal device configured to receive the master i...