INFORMATION EXCHANGING APPARATUS

• US 20080268904A1
• Filed: 04/25/2008
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tanaka, Masahide
• Granted Patent: US 8,254,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses has: a first wireless communicator including a telephone transmitter and telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the outside apparatuses; a second wireless communicator other than the first wireless communicator; a transmitter arranged to transmit original information to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator; a processor arranged to process response information from the plurality of outside apparatuses to be received through the second wireless communicator in response to the original information; and a distributor arranged to distribute result information from the processor to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator.

Claims

1. An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses comprising:

a first wireless communicator including a telephone transmitter and telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the outside apparatuses;

a second wireless communicator other than the first wireless communicator;

a transmitter arranged to transmit original information to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator;

a processor arranged to process response information from the plurality of outside apparatuses to be received through the second wireless communicator in response to the original information; and

a distributor arranged to distribute result information from the processor to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator.

2. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a controller arranged to transmit through the first wireless communicator information relating to the response information to an outside apparatus capable of synthesizing the transmitted information and to receive through the first wireless communicator the synthesized information from the outside apparatus, wherein the distributor is further arranged to distribute the synthesized information to the other of plurality of outside apparatuses through the second wireless communicator.

3. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information relating to the response information is the result information from the processor.

4. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information related to the response information is the response information as it is.

5. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a controller arranged to receive the original information from an outside apparatus through the first wireless communicator.

6. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the original information includes a first part shared with the outside apparatuses and a second part optionally determinable in relation to the first part, and wherein the information exchanging apparatus further comprises a manipulation part arranged to determine the second part of the original information and a display arranged to display the first part and second part of the original information.

7. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the original information includes a query part and a set of prepared options part responsive to the query part.

8. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a selector arranged to select the transmitter to function, a judging unit arranged to judge whether or not a condition is fulfilled for the function of the transmitter, and a controller arranged to make the selector impossible to select the transmitter with the judging part judging that the condition is not fulfilled.

9. An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses comprising:

a wireless communicator;

a transmitter arranged to transmit original information to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the wireless communicator, the original information including a first part shared with the outside apparatuses and a second part optionally determinable in relation to the first part;

a manipulation part arranged to determine the second part of the original information; and

a display arranged to display the first part and second part of the original information.

10. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 9 further comprising another wireless communicator including a telephone transmitter and telephone receiver for wireless telephone communication with one of the outside apparatuses, wherein the first mentioned wireless communicator is other than the second mentioned wireless communicator.

11. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the first part including an identification of the original information and the second part including contents of the original information.

12. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the original information includes a query part and a set of prepared options part responsive to the query part.

13. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising a processor arranged to process the options part under selection by the plurality of outside apparatuses to be received through the wireless communicator in response to the query part and a distributor arranged to distribute result information from the processor to the plurality of outside apparatuses through the wireless communicator.

14. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the query part and the options part each includes the first part including an identification of the original information and the second part including contents of the original information.

15. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is arranged to process the options part by means of the first part including the identification to be received through the wireless communicator.

16. An information exchanging apparatus capable of exchanging information with a plurality of outside apparatuses comprising:

a wireless communicator;

an information exchanging unit arranged to exchange information with the plurality of outside apparatuses through the wireless communicator,;

a selector arranged to select the information exchanging unit to function;

a judging unit arranged to judge whether or not a condition is fulfilled for the function of the information exchanging unit, and

a controller arranged to make the selector impossible to select the information exchanging unit with the judging part judging that the condition is not fulfilled.

17. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the condition is the existence of at least one of the outside apparatuses capable of exchanging information.

18. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the condition is the number of the outside apparatuses capable of exchanging information.

19. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the condition is the number of the outside apparatuses capable of exchanging information is stable.

20. The information exchanging apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the condition is the existence of at least one of the outside apparatuses consenting to the information exchange.