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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 88/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04L 69/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a communication device including a contactless communication unit that conducts contactless communication, a wireless communication unit that conducts wireless communication, and a control unit that, in a case in which the contactless communication unit detects another communication device, controls activation start of a first communication mode of the wireless communication unit, and controls a connection process for the wireless communication between the contactless communication unit and the other communication device.