ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,031, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Communication devices and methods" was invented by Thomas Handte (Stuttgart, Germany) and Dana Ciochina (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first communication device comprising circuitry configured to exchange data with one or more second communication devices on a first communication channel, and transmit collision information on a second communication channel that is a different channel than the first communication channel, wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit said collision information if there is a collision on the first communication ...