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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2018
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiko Naito, Tokyo, JP;

Katsutoshi Itoh, Tokyo, JP;

Osamu Yoshimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a function information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, function information relating to a function of the wireless communication device, a function information receiving unit for receiving function information transmitted from another device, a function information comparison unit for comparing the function information of the wireless communication device and the function information received from such other device, and a function determination unit for determining which of the wireless communication device and such other device is to play a function of an access point, based on a result of the comparison by the function information comparison unit.


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