ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,868, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication device and control method for registration and obtaining ids" was invented by Sosuke Kagaya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device comprises a first and second communication circuits capable of establishing a connection with an external device conforming to a first and second communication standards, respectively. The device further comprises a storage device stores information about external device(s) registered in an application that uses communication with an external device. The device, when a reconnection request is received from an ...