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Sony patents wireless system that adjusts connection schedules via relays

Sony describes a method for managing wireless connections that go through a middle device, or relay. The system receives a set schedule from a user's device along with data needed to tweak that schedule, then processes the connection accordingly.

Why it mattersThis could help make data connections more reliable when they are routed through intermediate hardware, though the filing does not specify which products will use it.

In the filing’s own words

The present technology relates to a wireless control device, a wireless control method, and a program that enable appropriate processing according to a schedule designated by a wireless communication device in a case of performing wireless communication with the wireless communication device via a relay device. A control unit controls wireless communication with a wireless communication device via a relay device, controls reception of schedule information indicating a schedule designated by the wireless communication device and adjustment information used for adjustment of the schedule, and executes schedule processing on the basis of the schedule information and the adjustment information. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless control device or the like included in a wireless terminal device of a wireless communication system including a wireless communication device, a relay device, and a wireless terminal device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A wireless control device comprising a control unit that controls wireless communication with a wireless communication device via a relay device, the control unit controlling reception of schedule information indicating a schedule designated by the wireless communication device and adjustment information used for adjustment of the schedule, and executing schedule processing on a basis of the schedule information and the adjustment information.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICE, WIRELESS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Publication number
US20260262078A1
Application number
18875340
Filed
Jun 8, 2023
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
18

Classified under

H04W 74/04 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/047 Electricity & electronics
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