ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,240, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NEC Solution Innovators Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Communication method" was invented by Tsuneo Tachikawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: a map display unit configured to output a map image on which another user is associated with a predetermined position so as to display to a target user; a selection accepting unit configured to accept selection of a position by the target user on the map image; and an output unit configured to acquire information sent by the other user associated with the position on the map image selected by th...