ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,309, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KDDI Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus and information processing method" was invented by Takashi Adachi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flight management server having an assessment unit that assesses whether or not there will be a requirement to switch communication performed by a first flying vehicle during flight between terrestrial communication and satellite communication; and a determination unit that determines a detection range for providing a report in response to detection of a second flying vehicle different from the first flying vehicle, the detection range b...