US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Wireless communication system for automatic credential sharing and communication apparatus thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,462, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication system for automatic credential sharing and communication apparatus thereof" was invented by Kazuyuki Yokota (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system includes a communication apparatus configured to provide an access point connectable using a first service set identifier (SSID) and a password, and a communication terminal configured to perform wireless direct connection with the communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus broadcasts a beacon including a second SSID generated based on at least the first SSID ...