COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- a first communication unit having a first communication range;
a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range;
a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, andtransmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and
a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information.
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Abstract
There is provided a communication apparatus including: a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information.
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18 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a response signal in response to a request signal from the first communication unit to the another communication apparatus after the first communication unit receives the request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the another communication apparatus, and transmits a result of authentication based on authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus after the second communication unit receives the authentication information from the another communication apparatus; an authentication unit which authenticates the communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit based on the authentication information and outputs the result of the authentication; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the authentication is performed by the authentication unit based on the authentication information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication system comprising a communication apparatus of the request side and a communication apparatus of the response side,
the communication apparatus of the request side including: -
a first communication unit of the request side having a first communication range; a second communication unit of the request side having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit of the request side which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit of the request side from the first communication unit of the request side to the communication apparatus of the response side, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit of the request side to the communication apparatus of the response side in the case where it is determined that communication with the communication apparatus of the response side via the second communication unit of the request side is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit of the request side receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit of the request side which notifies a user after the second communication unit of the request side receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information, and the communication apparatus of the response side including; a first communication unit of the response side capable of communicating with the first communication unit of the request side; a second communication unit of the response side capable of communicating with the second communication unit of the request side; and a control unit of the response side which transmits the response signal from the first communication unit of the response side to the communication apparatus of the request side after the first communication unit of the response side receives the request signal from the communication apparatus of the request side, and transmits the result of the authentication based on the authentication information from the second communication unit of the response side to the communication apparatus of the request side after the second communication unit of the response side receives the authentication information from the communication apparatus of the request side.
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16. A notification method comprising:
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transmitting a request signal for starting communication by a second communication method having a second communication range wider than a first communication range using a first communication method having the first communication range from a first communication apparatus to a second communication apparatus; transmitting a response signal in response to the request signal from the second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus; determining whether or not the communication by the second communication method with the second communication apparatus is possible based on the response signal in the first communication apparatus; transmitting authentication information from the first communication apparatus to the second communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that the communication by the second communication method is possible; transmitting a result of authentication based on the authentication information from the second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus; and carrying out a notification for a user after receiving the result of the authentication based on the authentication information in the first communication apparatus.
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17. A computer program product having instructions that when read by a CPU cause an information processing apparatus, which controls a communication apparatus including a first communication unit having a first communication range, a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range, and a notification unit which carries out a notification for a user, to perform a function as
a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to the another communication apparatus, transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on the response signal after the first communication unit receives a response signal in response to the request signal, and causes the notification unit to carry out a notification for the user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information.
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18. A computer program product having instructions that when read by a CPU cause an information processing apparatus, which controls a communication apparatus including a first communication unit having a first communication range, a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range, and a notification unit which carries out a notification for a user, to perform a function as
a control unit which transmits a response signal in response to the request signal from the first communication unit to the another communication apparatus after the first communication unit receives a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the another communication apparatus, transmits a result of authentication based on the authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus after the second communication unit receives authentication information from the another communication apparatus, and causes the notification unit to carry out a notification for the user to after performing the authentication based on the authentication information; - and
an authentication unit which authenticates the communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit based on the authentication information and outputs the result of the authentication.
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