ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,376, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Access control method and apparatus, terminal, and network device" was invented by Li Chen (Chang'an Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access control method and apparatus, a terminal, and a network device are disclosed in this application. The method includes: receiving a first access control parameter; determining a second access control parameter corresponding to the terminal based on the first access control parameter and a preset rule; and performing an access control-related operation according to the second access cont...