ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,638, issued on July 22, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication device, method for controlling communication device, and recording medium having control program recorded thereon" was invented by Kazuhiro Ootaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes a control circuit and a main circuit. The control circuit is provided with a first storage circuit which can store, as first setting information, setting information that is information to be used when the communication device is activated. The main circuit is provided with a second storage circuit which can store setting information as second sett...