Sony patents Bluetooth system that switches between group and one-to-one data sharing
Sony describes a wireless device that sends data to multiple receivers at once using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). It includes a system to switch between this group broadcast mode and a direct one-to-one connection based on specific data identifiers.
In the filing’s own words
To facilitate management of a correspondence relationship between data divided and broadcast-transmitted on a transmission side and data divided and broadcast-received on a reception side. A wireless communication apparatus includes a broadcast transmission unit configured to broadcast-transmit divided data packetized together with an index for identifying the divided data in Bluetooth low energy (BLE). The wireless communication apparatus may further include: a unicast communication unit configured to unicast-receive the index and unicast-transmit the packetized divided data identified by the index; and a communication control unit configured to control switching between processing of broadcast-transmitting the divided data together with the index for identifying the divided data and processing of unicast-transmitting the divided data identified by the index.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a broadcast transmission unit configured to broadcast-transmit divided data packetized together with an index for identifying the divided data in Bluetooth low energy (BLE).
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION)
- Official title
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
- Publication number
- US20260270783A1
- Application number
- 19160867
- Filed
- Jan 26, 2024
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04W 28/065 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/06 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 84/10 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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