ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,161, issued on July 28, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Communication control method" was invented by Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, Japan) and Henry Chang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication control method according to the first aspect is a method of using a relay apparatus configured to relay communication between an upper apparatus and a lower apparatus by radio. The communication control method includes a step of, in the relay apparatus, reporting, by a user equipment function unit connecting to the upper apparatus by radio, state information to a base station function unit connecting to the lowe...