ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,288, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Positioning method, relay device, internet of things device, and network device" was invented by Yuanyuan Wang (Dongguan, China), Huaming Wu (Dongguan, China) and Ye Si (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning method, a relay device, an Internet of Things device, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The positioning method includes: determining a to-be-positioned device in a case that Internet of Things devices are associated, or positioning the to-be-positioned device. The to-be-positioned device includes a fi...