ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,860, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).
"Cell switching method and apparatus" was invented by Hechuan Xu (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell switching method includes: in a case that in a first anchor cell, an electronic device is disconnected from a first network and registers with a second network, determining a second anchor cell or a non-anchor cell in which the electronic device stays resident, if the electronic device cannot access the second network; and accessing, by the electronic device, the first network or the second network in the second anchor cell...