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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Miyabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshihiro Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Sueyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication method includes: a first transmission step of transmitting first setting information and first network organization information regarding one information processing apparatus of a second network via a first communication path; a first determination step of determining a role of communication with a first master apparatus via a second communication path on the basis of the first network organization information and role adjustment information; a second transmission step of transmitting second setting information and second network organization information to the first master apparatus via the first communication path; a second determination step of determining a role of the communication with a second master apparatus via the second communication path on the basis of the second network organization information and role adjustment information by the first master apparatus; and a first communication start step of starting the communication via the second communication path with another information processing apparatus.


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