US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on Sept. 8 for "Communication apparatus and communication method for encryption/decryption processes based on relay device capability" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,806, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication apparatus and communication method for encryption/decryption processes based on relay device capability" was invented by Kosuke Aio (Tokyo) and Shigeru Sugaya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus that includes a communication unit that communicates with a wireless terminal via a relay device, and that controls execution of an encryption key generation process of generating an encryption key used for communication with the wireless terminal on the basis of at least one of whether or not direct communication with the wireless ter...