Patent ID: 11949550
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A communication method comprising:
performing, by a processor of a relay device, reset processing for communication with a first device in response to a change in a communication rate of wired communication with the first device;
in response to performing the reset processing, starting, by the processor, control to transmit a predetermined message to a second device even though there is no transmission from the first device, the predetermined message being expected to be transmitted from the first device to the second device; and
as a proxy for the first device, performing, by the processor, control to transmit the predetermined message to the second device,
wherein content of the predetermined message comprises at least one of: (i) content that has arrived at the relay device from the first device before performing the reset processing; and (ii) content generated by the relay device acting as the proxy for the first device.