Communication system
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Abstract
When a line for communication of audio signals between first and second portable-telephone devices through a first portable-telephone base station, a second portable-telephone base station and a portable-telephone line network has been connected, IP addresses are exchanged. The IP addresses are required for communicating image data by first and second terminal adapters associated with the first and second portable-telephone devices respectively through an OCN. Image data is then transmitted to the IP addresses received in the communication through the OCN. To put it concretely, an image of the user of the first portable-telephone device is transmitted by the first terminal adapter through the OCN to the IP address of the second terminal adapter to be displayed by a second television receiver associated with the second terminal adapter. By the same token, an image of the user of the second portable-telephone device is transmitted by the second terminal adapter through the OCN to the IP address of the first terminal adapter to be displayed by a first television receiver associated with the first terminal adapter. Thus, by merely taking a portable-telephone device to a place like a store selling home electrical appliances including a television
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43 Claims
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35. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first communicator to communicate with a portable communication device through a first communication link, and a second communicator to communicate with another information processing apparatus through a second communication link that is not routed through said portable communication device, the first communicator obtains address information of said another information processing apparatus to establish the second communication link via said second communicator, and the information processing apparatus is in communication with the another information processing apparatus through the second communication link, wherein the first communication link is close range link and the second communication link is through a large range communication link. - View Dependent Claims (38, 41)
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36. A communication method for communicating with another information communication apparatus including a first communicator that communicates with a portable communication device through a first communication link, and a second communicator that communicates with another information processing apparatus comprising steps of:
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at said first communicator, obtaining address information of said another information processing apparatus to establish a second communication link via said second communicator that is not routed through said portable communication device, and at said second communicator, communicating with said another information processing apparatus via the second communication link based on said address information, wherein the first communication link is close range link and the second communication link is through a large range communication link. - View Dependent Claims (39, 42)
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37. A computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a communication method for communicating with another information communication apparatus including a first communicator that communicates with a portable communication device through a first communication link, and a second communicator that communicates with another information processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
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at said first communicator, obtaining address information of said another information processing apparatus to establish a communication link via said second communicator that is not routed through said portable communication device, and at said second communicator, communicating with said another information processing apparatus via the second communication link based on said address information, wherein the first communication link is close range link and the second communication link is through a large range communication link. - View Dependent Claims (40, 43)
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