ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,495, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Data transmitting apparatus that transmits a data stream to a receiving apparatus via a network and a control method thereof" was invented by Sho Hatazaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data transmitting apparatus having a transmitting unit transmitting, via a network, stream data to a receiving apparatus as a packet, includes memories storing instructions that, when executed, cause processors to obtain statistical information relating to the network while the transmitting unit transmits the stream data, to calculate, from the statistical information, a n...