INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL APPARATUS

• US 20130157566A1
• Filed: 12/12/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Inventors: OGUCHI, Shoko
• Application Number:
  US13/712,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20130157566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A BT 3.0+HS control unit communicates in BT 3.0+HS. A WiFi control unit performs WiFi communication. An NFC communication unit performs NFC communication. If another information processing terminal apparatus approaches, a handover control unit causes the NFC communication unit to perform NFC communication with the information processing terminal apparatus, and switches communication with the information processing terminal apparatus from NFC communication to one or both of BT 3.0+HS communication and WiFi communication based on the transmitted and received setting information. A communication control unit determines whether or not an HS connection is used based on input information on data communication, and controls the handover control unit not to switch to WiFi communication when an HS connection is used.

Claims

1. An information processing terminal apparatus comprising:

a first communication unit that performs first short-range wireless communication and second short-range wireless communication that communicates in a state of performing the first short-range wireless communication;

a second communication unit that performs third short-range wireless communication that competes with the second short-range wireless communication;

a third communication unit that performs fourth short-range wireless communication that transmits and receives setting information of the first short-range wireless communication and the third short-range wireless communication;

a communication establishment unit that causes the third communication unit to perform the fourth short-range wireless communication with another information processing terminal apparatus when the another information processing terminal apparatus approaches, and establishes one or both of connections to the another information processing terminal apparatus in the first short-range wireless communication and the third short-range wireless communication, based on transmitted and received setting information; and

a communication control unit that determines whether or not the second short-range wireless communication is used based on input communication information, and controls the communication establishment unit not to establish a connection in the third short-range wireless communication when the second short-range wireless communication is used.

2. The information processing terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first short-range wireless communication is Bluetooth communication in BlueTooth (BT) 3.0+High Speed (HS),

the second short-range wireless communication is communication using wireless Local Aria Network (LAN) in BlueTooth (BT) 3.0+High Speed (HS),

the third short-range wireless communication is WiFi communication, and

the fourth short-range wireless communication is Near Field Communication (NFC) communication.

3. The information processing terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication control unit receives input of a direction to use the first communication unit and a size of data to transmit as the communication information, and determines to use the second short-range wireless communication when the data size is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

4. A method for controlling an information processing terminal apparatus that performs first short-range wireless communication, second short-range wireless communication that communicates in a state of performing the first short-range wireless communication, third short-range wireless communication that competes with the second short-range wireless communication, and fourth short-range wireless communication that transmits and receives setting information of the first short-range wireless communication and the third short-range wireless communication, the method comprising:

transmitting and receiving the setting information of the first short-range wireless communication and the third short-range wireless communication using the fourth short-range wireless communication when another information processing terminal apparatus approaches;

determining whether or not the second short-range wireless communication is used based on input communication information; and

when the second short-range wireless communication is used, not permitting establishment of a connection in the third short-range wireless communication to the another information processing terminal apparatus, and establishing a connection in the first short-range wireless communication to the another information processing terminal apparatus based on the transmitted and received setting information of the first short-range wireless communication.