ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,240, issued on June 16, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Method for controlling LAN service and communications device" was invented by Xiaowan Ke (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a LAN service and a communications service are disclosed. The method for controlling a LAN service includes: transmitting LAN-service-related information, where the LAN-service-related information includes at least one of the following: LAN service capability information of a terminal, location information of the terminal, LAN service subscription information, and LAN service req...