METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOTIFICATION AT A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20130166679A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: KUWAHARA, Masato
• Granted Patent: US 9,414,420 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A method of communicating between first and second communication terminals includes: exchanging data between the first and second communication terminals, the second communication terminal being located within a predetermined range relative to the first communication terminal; and notifying, at the first communication terminal, a user of the first communication terminal of an exchange of data after waiting for a predetermined time period from exchange of data.

Claims

1. A method of communicating between first and second communication terminals, comprising:

exchanging data between the first and second communication terminals, the second communication terminal being located within a predetermined range relative to the first communication terminal; and

notifying, at the first communication terminal, a user of the first communication terminal of an exchange of data after waiting for a predetermined time period from exchange of data.

2. A communication terminal comprising:

a communication unit that exchanges data with a correspondent terminal located within a predetermined range relative to the communication terminal; and

a notifying unit that notifies a user of the communication terminal of an exchange of data after waiting for a predetermined time period from exchange of data.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the notifying unit starts notification when the correspondent terminal moves by a predetermined distance away from the communication terminal.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 3, wherein the notifying unit determines, based on a strength of a radio signal received from the correspondent terminal, whether the correspondent terminal has moved by the predetermined distance away from the communication terminal.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the notifying unit starts notification after a predetermined time has passed from exchange of data.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on data received from the correspondent terminal.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on data transmitted to the correspondent terminal.

8. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on attributes of user data of the correspondent terminal.

9. The communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on whether the correspondent terminal or a user of the correspondent terminal is registered in the communication terminal.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute:

data exchange with a correspondent terminal located within a predetermined range relative to the communication terminal; and

notifying a user of the communication terminal of an exchange of data after waiting for a predetermined time period from exchange of data.

11. A system comprising:

a plurality of communion terminals,

each communication terminal comprising;

a communication unit that exchanges data with a correspondent terminal located within a predetermined range relative to the communication terminal; and

a notifying unit that notifies a user of the communication terminal of an exchange of data after waiting for a predetermined time period from exchange of data.