ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,726, issued on March 18, was assigned to SoftBank Corp. (Tokyo).

"Communication control device, computer-readable storage medium, system and control method" was invented by Akihiko Tajika (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a communication control apparatus configured to control communication of a flying body configured to form a wireless communication area by applying a beam toward the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the wireless communication area. The communication control apparatus comprises an inner area forming unit configured to form an inner wireless communicatio...