ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,992, issued on April 7, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Relay apparatus, wireless communication system, wireless communication method and program" was invented by Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, Japan), Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, Japan), Daisuke Goto (Musashino, Japan), Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, Japan) and Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay device that relays wireless signals transmitted from a plurality of first communication devices to a second communication device while moving includes: a first reception unit configured to receive signals transmitted from the plurality of first communicat...