Communications system and communications apparatus

• US 20050152309A1
• Filed: 12/15/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Kamiya, Shingo
• Application Number:
  US11/012,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20050152309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

The remote controller inserts the IP address IP-user of the remote controller into an infrared signal and transmits the infrared signal to the karaoke terminal as a service terminal. The karaoke terminal uses the IP address IP-user extracted from the infrared signal to perform communications with the remote controller via a LAN and a wireless access point.

Claims

1. A communications system comprising:

a network including a wireless access point;

a plurality of service terminals that are respectively connected to the network and respectively provided with a short range wireless receivers that receive a radio signal; and

a movable user terminal that includes a short range wireless transmitter for transmitting a radio signal and a wireless network connection unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless access point,

wherein, when the short range wireless receiver of one of the plurality of service terminals receives the radio signal representing identification information of the movable user terminal transmitted by the short range wireless transmitter, the one of the plurality of service terminals transmits a communication address of the one of the plurality of service terminals to the movable user terminal specified by the identification information through the network, and the movable user terminal are communicated with the one of the plurality of service terminals through the network with using the communication address.

2. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the network is LAN, the communication address is an IP address of the one of the plurality of service terminals and the identification information is an IP address of the movable user terminal.

3. The communications system according to claim 1, wherein the short range wireless transmitter transmits the identification information to the short range wireless receiver through a infrared data communication.

4. A communications apparatus comprising:

a short range wireless receiver that receives a radio signal;

a communications unit that performs communications via a network; and

a controller that transmits, upon receiving the radio signal representing identification information through the short-range wireless receiver, a communication address of the communications apparatus to a device identified by the identification information through the network by way of the communications unit, and performs communications with the device through the network.

5. The communications apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the network is LAN, the communication address is an IP address of the communications apparatus and the identification information is an IP address of the device.

6. The communications apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the short range wireless receiver receives an infrared radio signal.

7. A communications apparatus comprising:

a wireless network connection unit that performs wireless communications with a wireless access point provided on a network;

a short range wireless transmitter that transmits a radio signal; and

a controller that transmits identification information of the communications apparatus through the short range wireless transmitter, receives a communication address transmitted by a service terminal which has received the identification information through the wireless network connection unit via the network and the wireless access point, and performs communications with the service terminal which has received the identification information by using the communication address.

8. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the network is LAN, the communication address is an IP address of the service terminal and the identification information is an IP address of the communications apparatus.

9. The communications apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the short range wireless transmitter transmits an infrared radio signal.

10. A method of communication between a service terminal and a movable user terminal, wherein the service terminal is connected to a network including a wireless access point and includes a short range wireless receiver for receiving a radio signal, and a movable user terminal includes a short range wireless transmitter for transmitting a radio signal and a wireless network connection unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless access point, the method comprising:

transmitting the radio signal representing identification information of the movable-user terminal by the short range wireless transmitter;

receiving the radio signal representing identification information by the short range wireless receiver;

transmitting a communication address of the service terminal to the movable user terminal specified by the identification information through the network;

receiving the communication address by the wireless network connection unit; and

performing wireless communication between the service terminal and the movable user terminal through the network with using the communication address.