TERMINAL COORDINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR
First Claim
1. A terminal coordinating method for forming one pair of a terminal device and a mobile terminal unit from plural terminal devices and plural mobile terminal units which can be paired together in various combinations and sending and receiving data between the terminal device and mobile terminal unit of the formed pair, the method comprising the steps of:
- paring together the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit such that a key is shared between these device and unit;
performing a login to an OS (Operating System) of the terminal device using the shared key;
then decoupling the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit from each other;
performing a logout from the OS of the terminal device;
recoupling together the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit of the pair which were paired together at least once;
coupling together one terminal device and one mobile terminal unit which were paired together once and performing a logout from the OS of the terminal device using the key shared in the pairing when data is sent and received between these terminal device and mobile terminal unit; and
discarding the shared key when the record of the pairing between the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit which were paired together once should be erased.
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Abstract
There is a demand for a technique that enable plural terminals devices to be easily paired with plural mobile terminals possessed by their respective users in a room where the terminal devices that can be shared among the users are installed. Each terminal device searches for mobile terminals present within the wireless range. If the plural mobile terminals are present within a searchable area, the search result indicates plural mobile terminals, making it difficult to determine with what mobile terminal should the terminal device be paired. The current states of various sensors of the mobile terminals are included in information indicating the names of the mobile terminals and are searched by the terminal device. Under circumstances where the plural terminal devices and the plural mobile terminals exist within short distances, the mobile terminal unit to be paired with the terminal device can be found with ease.
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1. A terminal coordinating method for forming one pair of a terminal device and a mobile terminal unit from plural terminal devices and plural mobile terminal units which can be paired together in various combinations and sending and receiving data between the terminal device and mobile terminal unit of the formed pair, the method comprising the steps of:
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paring together the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit such that a key is shared between these device and unit; performing a login to an OS (Operating System) of the terminal device using the shared key; then decoupling the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit from each other; performing a logout from the OS of the terminal device; recoupling together the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit of the pair which were paired together at least once; coupling together one terminal device and one mobile terminal unit which were paired together once and performing a logout from the OS of the terminal device using the key shared in the pairing when data is sent and received between these terminal device and mobile terminal unit; and discarding the shared key when the record of the pairing between the terminal device and the mobile terminal unit which were paired together once should be erased. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A terminal coordination system in which a terminal device and a mobile terminal unit are coupled together via wireless communications,
wherein the terminal device has a communication portion for sending and receiving data to and from the mobile terminal unit via the wireless communications, a display portion for displaying information about the mobile terminal unit searched for, a pairing operation portion for pairing this terminal device with the mobile terminal unit such that a key is shared between them, a coupling operation portion for performing recoupling using the shared key after the pairing, and a pairing information storage portion for storing pairing information used by both the pairing operation portion and the coupling operation portion, and wherein the mobile terminal unit has a communication portion for sending and receiving data to and from the terminal device via the wireless communications, a pairing operation portion for pairing this mobile terminal unit with the terminal device, a coupling operation portion for performing recoupling using the shared key after the pairing, a pairing information storage portion for storing pairing information used by both the pairing operation portion and the coupling operation portion, and a sensor processing portion for obtaining sensor information from a sensor device.
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