ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,279, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Communication apparatus and communication method as well as program" was invented by Hiroo Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Toshihisa Hyakudai (San Diego) and Naohiro Koshisaka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus, method and program that accommodate diverse usage are disclosed. In one example, a packet header is generated according to a CSI-2 standard. The packet header includes setting information of conditions set for data to be transmitted in a packet is placed. An extended header is also generated, into...