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1. An electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with both a first device and a second device, comprising:
- a wireless communication unit for wirelessly communicating with both the first device and the second device;
a content data reproduction unit for reproducing content data transmitted from the first device to the electronic apparatus via a wireless connection between the first device and the electronic apparatus; and
a processor programmed for establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device when the electronic apparatus has received a communication request from the second device via the first device.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with a first device and a second device comprises: a unit for reproducing content data wirelessly transmitted from the first device wirelessly connected to the electronic apparatus; and a unit for executing a connecting process for establishing wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device when the electronic apparatus has received, during reproduction of the content data, a communication request via the first device from the second device that is wirelessly connected to the first device.
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1. An electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with both a first device and a second device, comprising:
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a wireless communication unit for wirelessly communicating with both the first device and the second device;
a content data reproduction unit for reproducing content data transmitted from the first device to the electronic apparatus via a wireless connection between the first device and the electronic apparatus; and
a processor programmed for establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device when the electronic apparatus has received a communication request from the second device via the first device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with both a first device and a second device, comprising:
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means for reproducing content data transmitted from the first device to the electronic apparatus via a wireless connection between the first device and the electronic apparatus; and
means for establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device when the electronic apparatus has received a communication request from the second device via the first device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with a first device and a second device, using a master/slave type wireless communication system wherein wireless communication is executed between a master and each of a plurality of slaves wirelessly connected to the master, comprising:
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means for reproducing content data wirelessly transmitted from the first device to the electronic apparatus via a wireless connection between the first device and the electronic apparatus, the first device functioning as the master and the electronic apparatus functioning as one of the plurality of slaves; and
means for establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device after the first device has released a current master/slave relation between the first device and the electronic apparatus in response to a communication request received from the second device via the first device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. In a communication system having an electronic apparatus for executing wireless communication with both a first device and a second device, a communication method, comprising:
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reproducing, in the electronic apparatus, content data wirelessly transmitted from the first device to the electronic apparatus; and
establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device when the electronic apparatus has received a communication request from the second device via the first device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. In a wireless communication system wherein wireless communication is executed between a master and each of a plurality of slaves wirelessly connected to the master, a method of executing wireless communication between an electronic apparatus and both a first device and a second device, the method comprising:
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reproducing, in the electronic apparatus, content data wirelessly transmitted from the first device, functioning as the master, to the electronic apparatus, functioning as one of the plurality of slaves wirelessly connected to the master;
releasing a master/slave relation between the first device and the electronic apparatus, after the first device has received a communication request generated by the second device, functioning as another of the plurality of slaves wirelessly connected to the master;
executing, in the electronic apparatus, a connecting process for establishing a direct wireless connection between the electronic apparatus and the second device in response to the release of the master/slave relation between the first device and the electronic apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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