ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,857, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Communication device and communication system" was invented by Hiroo Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Takashi Sotohebo (Fukuoka, Japan) and Takayuki Hirama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communication devices and systems are disclosed. In one example, a communication device is configured to communicate with a communication partner device in accordance with a protocol including a first operation and a second operation. The first operation includes identification information of the communication partner device, write-instructing informatio...