ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,534, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication device and control method therefor" was invented by Toshiyuki Takagi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication device and a control method therefor, which realize efficient switching between wireless communication schemes, are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit. The wireless communication device notifies an external device, using the second wireless communication circuit, that the external device becomes connectable to a net...