ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,664, issued on July 7, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication system, relay apparatus and wireless communication method" was invented by Daisuke Goto (Musashino, Japan), Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, Japan), Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, Japan), Fumihiro Yamashita (Musashino, Japan), Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, Japan), Kento Yoshizawa (Musashino, Japan) and Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay apparatus includes a reception unit, a storage unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives data wirelessly transmitted by a first communication apparatus through a plurality of...