COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DETERMINATION METHOD

• US 20100061355A1
• Filed: 09/08/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Tsuchiya, Hitoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/555,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20100061355A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A communication terminal comprising: a determination unit which determines whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to a first external terminal using a wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the first external terminal, when the communication terminal receives a connection request from the first external terminal.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a determination unit which determines whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to a first external terminal using a wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the first external terminal, when the communication terminal receives a connection request from the first external terminal.

2. A communication terminal comprising:

a reception unit which receives a connection request of a wireless communication from a first external terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the first external terminal, when the reception unit receives the connection request; and

a notification unit which notifies information to a user, based on a determination result of the determination unit.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the reception unit further receives first information which indicates that the first external terminal is able to become a first side which authenticates a connected terminal or a second side which is authenticated by the first side,

the determination unit determines whether the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication or not, based on the first information, a second information that indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side or the second side, and a third information on the communication condition.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to the second side, and sets the self communication terminal to the first side, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side;

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to the first side, and sets the communication terminal to the second side, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side;

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to one of the first or second side, and sets the communication terminal to the other of the first or second side,

when the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the determination unit suspends a connecting process with the first external terminal, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein

the determination unit determines whether the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on whether the communication terminal is communicating with the second external terminal by wired or wireless communication.

15. The communication terminal according to claim 14, wherein

the determination unit determines whether the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on which an ad hoc mode or an infrastructure mode the communication terminal uses and communicates with the second external terminal, when the communication terminal is communicating with the second external terminal by wired or wireless communication.

16. The communication terminal according to claim 15, wherein

the determination unit determines whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on the communication terminal is possible to disconnect to the second external terminal, when the self communication terminal uses the ad hoc mode, and communicates the second external terminal.

8. A communication terminal comprising:

a reception unit which receives a connection request of a wireless communication from a first external terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the first external terminal, when the reception unit receives the connection request; and

a transmission unit which transmits information to the first external terminal based on a determination result of the determination unit.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the reception unit further receives first information which indicates that the first external terminal is able to become a first side which authenticates a connected terminal or a second side which is authenticated by the first side,

the determination unit determines whether the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication or not, based on the first information, a second information that indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side or the second side, and a third information on the communication condition.

10. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to the second side, and sets the communication terminal to the first side, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side;

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to the first side, and sets the communication terminal to the second side, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side;

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

12. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the determination unit sets the first external terminal to one of the first or second side, and sets the communication terminal to the other of the first or second side,

when the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become both the first and second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become both the first and second side.

13. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the determination unit suspends a connecting process with the first external terminal, when there is satisfied at least one of the following conditions:

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the first side; and

the first information indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the second side, and the second information indicates that the communication terminal is able to become the second side.

24. The communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein

the determination unit determines whether the communication terminal is able to connect to the first external terminal using the wireless communication, based on whether the communication terminal is communicating with the second external terminal by wired or wireless communication.

17. A communication terminal comprising:

a transmission unit which transmits a connection request to a first external terminal, wherein

the first external terminal comprises;

a reception unit which receives the connection request of a wireless communication from the communication terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the first external terminal is able to connect to the communication terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the communication terminal, when the reception unit receives the connection request; and

a notification unit which notifies information to a user, based on a determination result of the determination unit.

18. The communication terminal according to claim 17, wherein

the transmission unit further transmits, to the first external terminal, information which indicates that the communication terminal is able to become a first side which authenticates a connected terminal or a second side which is authenticated by the first side.

19. A communication terminal comprising:

a first transmission unit which transmits a connection request to a first external terminal;

a first reception unit which receives information based on a determination result from the first external terminal; and

a notification unit which notifies information based on the determination result to a user,

the first external terminal comprising;

a second reception unit which receives a connection request of a wireless communication from the communication terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the first external terminal is able to connect to the communication terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the communication terminal, when the second reception unit receives the connection request; and

a second transmission unit which transmits, to the communication terminal, information based on the determination result of the determination unit.

20. The communication terminal according to claim 19, wherein

the first reception unit further receives, from the first external terminal, information which indicates that the first external terminal is able to become a first side which authenticates a connected terminal or a second side which is authenticated by the first side,

the determination unit determines whether the first external terminal is able to connect to the communication terminal based on second information which indicates that the first external terminal is able to become the first side or second side, the first information, and a communication condition,

the second transmission unit further transmits the first information to the communication terminal.

21. A communication system provided with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal,

the first communication terminal comprising:

a reception unit which receives a connection request of a wireless communication from the second communication terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the first communication terminal is able to connect to the second communication terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a third communication terminal which is different from the second communication terminal, when the reception unit receives the connection request; and

a notification unit which notifies information to a user, based on a determination result of the determination unit,

the second communication terminal comprising;

a transmission unit which transmits the connection request to the first communication terminal.

22. A communication system provided with a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal,

the first communication terminal comprising:

a first reception unit which receives a connection request of a wireless communication from the second communication terminal;

a determination unit which determines whether or not the first communication terminal is able to connect to the second communication terminal using the wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a communication terminal which is different from the second communication terminal, when the first reception unit receives the connection request; and

a first transmission unit which transmits information to the second communication terminal, based on a determination result of the determination unit,

the second communication terminal comprising;

a second transmission unit which transmits the connection request to the first communication terminal;

a second reception unit which receives information based on the determination result from the first communication terminal; and

a notification unit which notifies information to a user, based on the determination result.

23. A determination method of a communication terminal comprising:

determining whether or not the communication terminal is able to connect to a first external terminal using a wireless communication, based on a communication condition of wired or wireless communication with a second external terminal which is different from the first communication terminal, when the communication terminal receives a connection request from the first external terminal.