INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100167821A1
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: TAMURA, Toshiya
• Granted Patent: US 8,103,210 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a short-distance wireless communication unit and a player selection controller. The short-distance wireless communication unit receives, from a partner device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection request to select any one of players. In accordance with the selection request, the player selection controller controls switching to a player requested to be selected. After start of the player switching, when a predetermined time elapses before success or failure of the player switching is determined, the short-distance wireless communication unit transmits, to the partner device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection success response to the selection request. After the transmission of the selection success response, when failure of the player switching is detected, the short-distance wireless communication unit transmits, to the partner device via short-distance wireless communication, a player change notification indicating a change into a player selected before execution of the player switching.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from an electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection request to select any of a plurality of players which the information processing apparatus controls;

a player switching control unit configured to control switching to a player requested to be selected, in accordance with the selection request received by the receiving unit; and

a selection success response transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection success response to the selection request if after the player switching control unit starts player switching, a predetermined time elapses before success or failure of the player switching is determined.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a change notification unit configured to transmit a player change notification to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, the player change notification indicating a change into a state where a player selected before the player switching control unit controls the player switching is selected, if failure of the player switching performed by the player switching control unit is detected after the selection success response transmitting unit transmits the selection success response to the electronic device.

3. The information. processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in a case where none of the plurality of players is activated, if the receiving unit receives a selection request to select any of the plurality of players, the player indicated by the player change notification transmitted by the change notification unit is a default player set as a player that receives and executes a command if none of the plurality of players is activated.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of players include at least a music player and a digital terrestrial player.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit configured to set a timer to a predetermined time, after the player switching control unit starts the player switching.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined time to which the setting unit sets the timer is within a time which is defined in the AVRCPv1.4 as a time until the selection response to the selection request is transmitted to the electronic device.

7. An information process apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection request to select any of a plurality of players which the information processing apparatus controls;

a player switching control unit configured to control, if the receiving unit receives a selection request to select a second player of the plurality of players while a first player of the plurality of players is activated, switching to the second player requested to be selected;

a selection success response transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection success response indicating success of switching to the second player to the selection request if after the player switching control unit starts switching from the first player to the second player, a predetermined time elapses before success or failure of the switching is detected; and

a change notification unit configured to transmit a player change notification to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, the player change notification indicating a change into a state where the first player is selected, if failure of the switching to the second player performed by the player switching control unit is detected after the selection success response transmitting unit transmits to the electronic device the selection success response indicating success of the switching to the second player.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein in a case where none of the plurality of players is activated, if the receiving unit receives a selection request to select any of the plurality of players, the player indicated by the player change notification transmitted by the change notification unit is a default player set as a player which receives and executes a command if none of the plurality of players is activated.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of players include at least a music player and a digital terrestrial player.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a setting unit configured to set a timer to a predetermined time, after the player switching control unit starts the player switching.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined time to which the setting unit sets the timer is within a time which is defined in the AVRCPv1.4 as a time until the selection response to the selection request is transmitted to the electronic device.

12. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection request to select any of a plurality of players which the information processing apparatus controls;

a player switching control unit configured to control switching to a player requested to be selected, in accordance with the selection request received by the receiving unit;

a selection success response transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, a selection. success response to the selection request if the player switching control unit starts player switching, the selection success response indicating success of the player switching; and

a change notification unit configured to transmit a player change notification to the electronic device via short-distance wireless communication, the player change notification indicating a change into a state where a player selected before the player switching control unit controls the player switching is selected, if failure of the player switching performed by the player switching control unit is detected after the selection success response transmitting unit transmits the selection success response to the electronic device.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of players include at least a music player and a digital terrestrial player.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a setting unit configured to set a timer to a predetermined time, after the player switching control unit starts the player switching.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined time to which the setting unit sets the timer is within a time which is defined in the AVRCPv1.4 as a time until the selection response to the selection request is transmitted to the electronic device.