ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,874, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Information processing method and apparatus, terminal, and network side device" was invented by Peng Sun (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for information processing is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, first information sent by a first device entity; and performing, by the terminal, a positioning and related operation about surrounding environment sensing based on the first information. The first information includes at least one of the following: a first request used to indicate the terminal t...