ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,797, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Wireless communication device and wireless communication method" was invented by Tsuyoshi Kindo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless communication device includes a communication unit and a control circuit for controlling the communication unit. The control circuit sets, in the communication unit, a different advertising identifier for each application. The communication unit repeatedly transmits an advertising packet that corresponds to the set advertising identifier and does not include the advertising identifie...