ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,806, issued on April 14, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication control apparatus, communication system, and method" was invented by Noriaki Tawa (Tokyo) and Tomoya Kaneko (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a control means for selecting a predetermined wireless communication apparatus closest to a terminal from among a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses based on a position of the terminal and positions of the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses, identifying an estimated position of the terminal when a data signal is...