NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM

• US 20120020238A1
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suetsugu, Junji, Kumagai, Masayuki, Akabane, Toshio, Sakai, Tatsuya
• Application Number:
  US13/258,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20120020238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A communication terminal includes: a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to/from a second terminal and a third terminal; a memory storing a part of the transmitted and received data; and a control unit for detecting, using the communication unit, whether the second terminal is in a first state in which the second terminal can exchange first data with the communication terminal and the third terminal or in a second state in which the second terminal cannot exchange the first data with the communication terminal and the third terminal, thereby storing the first data exchanged during the second state in the memory as second data, and for transmitting the second data to the second terminal when a transition from the second state to the first state is detected.

Claims

1. A network system comprising at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal,

said first terminal including:

a first communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to/from said second terminal and said third terminal;

a memory storing a part of said data; and

a first control unit for, when first data exchanged with said second terminal and said third terminal is sequentially transmitted and received using said first communication unit, detecting whether said second terminal is in a first state in which said second terminal can exchange said first data with said first terminal and said third terminal or in a second state in which said second terminal cannot exchange said first data with said first terminal and said third terminal, thereby storing said first data exchanged during said second state in said memory as second data, and for transmitting said second data to said second terminal when a transition from said second state to said first state is detected,

said second terminal including;

a display;

a second communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to/from said first terminal and said third terminal;

a second communication control unit for, during said first state, sequentially transmitting and receiving said first data exchanged with said first terminal and said third terminal, and when said second terminal returns from said second state to said first state, receiving said second data transmitted from said first terminal, using said second communication unit; and

a display control unit for causing said display to sequentially display said first data exchanged during said first state, and causing said display to display said second data over a predetermined time period when said second terminal returns from said second state to said first state.

2. The network system according to claim 1, wherein

said first terminal further includes a first obtaining unit for obtaining location information of said first terminal as said first data,

said second terminal further includes a second obtaining unit for obtaining location information of said second terminal, and

said display control unit causes said display to sequentially display locations of said first terminal and said second terminal based on the location information of said first terminal and said second terminal.

3. The network system according to claim 1, wherein

said second data stored in said memory is a part of said first data exchanged during said second state.

4. A communication terminal connectable to another terminal through a network, comprising:

a communication unit for receiving first and second data from said another terminal through said network;

a communication control unit for sequentially receiving the first data from said another terminal using said communication unit during a state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal, and receiving the second data from said another terminal when said communication terminal returns from a state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal; and

a display control unit for causing a display to sequentially display said first data during the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal, and causing said display to display said second data over a predetermined time period when said communication terminal returns from the state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 4, further comprising

an obtaining unit for obtaining location information of said communication terminal, wherein

said communication control unit receives location information of said another terminal from said another terminal using said communication unit, and

said display control unit causes said display to display locations of said communication terminal and said another terminal based on the location information of said communication terminal and said another terminal.

6. A communication terminal connectable to a second terminal and a third terminal through a network, comprising:

a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to/from said second terminal and said third terminal;

a memory storing a part of said data; and

a control unit for, when first data exchanged with said second terminal and said third terminal is sequentially transmitted and received using said communication unit, detecting whether said second terminal is in a first state in which said second terminal can exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal or in a second state in which said second terminal cannot exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal, thereby storing said first data exchanged during said second state in said memory as second data, and for transmitting said second data to said second terminal when a transition from said second state to said first state is detected.

7. A communication method for transmitting and receiving first data exchanged among a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal in a network system including at least said first terminal, said second terminal and said third terminal, comprising the steps of:

detecting, by said first terminal, whether said second terminal is in a first state in which said second terminal can exchange said first data with said first terminal and said third terminal or in a second state in which said second terminal cannot exchange said first data with said first terminal and said third terminal, thereby storing said first data exchanged during said second state as second data;

sequentially transmitting and receiving, by said first terminal, said first data exchanged during said first state;

sequentially transmitting and receiving, by said second terminal, said first data exchanged during said first state;

causing, by said second terminal, a display to sequentially display said first data during said first state;

transmitting, by said first terminal, said second data to said second terminal when a transition from said second state to said first state is detected; and

causing, by said second terminal, said display to display said second data over a predetermined time period when said second terminal returns from said second state to said first state.

8. A communication method for a communication terminal connectable to another terminal through a network, the communication terminal including a communication unit, a processor and a display, the communication method comprising the steps of:

sequentially receiving, by said communication unit, first data from said another terminal during a state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal;

receiving, by said communication unit, second data from said another terminal when said communication terminal returns from a state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal;

causing, by said processor, said display to sequentially display said first data during the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal; and

causing, by said processor, said display to display said second data over a predetermined time period when said communication terminal returns from the state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal.

9. A communication method for a communication terminal connectable to a second terminal and a third terminal through a network, the communication terminal including a communication unit, a processor and a memory, the communication method comprising the steps of:

when first data exchanged with said second terminal and said third terminal is sequentially transmitted and received using said communication unit, detecting, by said processor, whether said second terminal is in a first state in which said second terminal can exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal or in a second state in which said second terminal cannot exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal, thereby storing said first data exchanged during said second state in said memory as second data; and

transmitting, by said processor, said second data to said second terminal using said communication unit when a transition from said second state to said first state is detected.

10. A communication program for allowing communication of a communication terminal connectable to another terminal through a network, the communication terminal including a communication unit, a processor and a display,

said communication program causing said processor to perform the steps of:

sequentially receiving first data from said another terminal using said communication unit during a state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal;

receiving second data from said another terminal using said communication unit when said communication terminal returns from a state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal;

causing said display to sequentially display said first data during the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal; and

causing said display to display said second data over a predetermined time period when said communication terminal returns from the state in which said communication terminal does not communicate with said another terminal to the state in which said communication terminal communicates with said another terminal.

11. A communication program for allowing communication of a communication terminal connectable to a second terminal and a third terminal through a network, the communication terminal including a communication unit, a processor and a memory,

said communication program causing said processor to perform the steps of:

when first data exchanged with said second terminal and said third terminal is sequentially transmitted and received using said communication unit, detecting whether said second terminal is in a first state in which said second terminal can exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal or in a second state in which said second terminal cannot exchange said first data with said communication terminal and said third terminal, thereby storing said first data exchanged during said second state in said memory as second data; and

transmitting said second data to said second terminal using said communication unit when a transition from said second state to said first state is detected.