Sony patents network help for short-range device connections
Sony describes a system where a network server helps phones or other devices connect to nearby gadgets. When a device asks for help with a short-range link, the server uses its own data to send back specific instructions on how to complete the connection.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure provides an electronic device and method used for a network side and a terminal device side in wireless communication, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device used for a network side comprises: a processing circuit, configured to: in response to an assistance request related to near-field communication from a terminal device, determine indication information for the terminal device on the basis of sensing information; and provide the indication information for the terminal device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic apparatus for a network side in wireless communications, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the electronic apparatus to at least: in response to an assistance request about Near Field Communication from a terminal device, determine indication information for the terminal device based on perception information; and provide the indication information to the terminal device.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD USED FOR NETWORK SIDE AND TERMINAL DEVICE SIDE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
- Publication number
- US20260292865A1
- Application number
- 19167875
- Filed
- May 6, 2024
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 25
Classified under
H04W 72/56 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/44 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/46 Electricity & electronicsH04W 24/02 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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