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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kosuke Aio, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Sugaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/041 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/041 (2021.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01);
Abstract
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 terminal is possible or an encryption scheme that can be supported by the relay device.