Patents by Inventor Oda Masashi

Oda Masashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wireless communication equipment and communication system having automatic switching capability between relayed transmission/direct transmission
    Patent number: 5898690
    Abstract: A wireless communication equipment includes a transmission destination information managing unit for managing transmission destination information specifying a respective actual transmission destinations when transmitting to other wireless communication equipments, and a transmitting/receiving unit for transmitting/receiving information for an associated application and information for managing switching between direct transmission and relayed transmission with other wireless communication equipments, to and from other wireless communication equipments based on the transmission destination information. Transmission destination information managing unit manages transmission destination information dynamically, in cooperation with the transmitting/receiving unit. The transmission destination information is updated to perform direct transmission and relayed transmission when direct transmission is possible and impossible, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Oda Masashi