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Patent No.:

US 10820179 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2019

Control apparatus and communication terminal

Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masanori Sato, Tokyo, JP;

Katsutoshi Itoh, Tokyo, JP;

Hideyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Chip Law Group

Primary Examiner:

Matthew C Sams

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.01); H04W 12/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 12/00503 (2019.01); H04W 76/23 (2018.02); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control apparatus transmits a confirmation request to confirm whether a direct communication is possible to each terminal as a target of the direct communication. Each terminal confirms whether the direct communication is possible and transmits the confirmation result to the control apparatus. The control apparatus judges whether the direct communication is possible based on the confirmation result transmitted from the terminal and when judging as possible, transmits a switch request for the direct communication to the terminal side. Consequently, a situation where a communication cannot actually be established when switching to the direct communication can be avoided.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Sato, Masanori. (2020). Control apparatus and communication terminal (U.S. Patent No. 10820179). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10820179

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