ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,716, issued on June 16, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).

"Supporting compatibility" was invented by Yunjie Lu (Shanghai) and Yong Yang (Kallered, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method (500) performed by a service consumer. The method includes invoking a service provided by a first service producer. Invoking the service comprises generating a service request message and transmitting the service request message to the first service producer. In some embodiments, transmitting the service request message to the first service producer comprises transmitting, to the first service producer, a mess...