ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,668, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication apparatus and control method therefor" was invented by Hideaki Ohshima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus generates second data to be associated with first data being stored. The apparatus controls transfer of data that is registered or managed as a transfer target to an external apparatus, wherein the apparatus can execute immediate transfer in which the second data and the first data to be associated with the second data are transferred to an external apparatus in response to generation of the second data as a transfer ...