TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION MODULE FOR THE SAME
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Abstract
A terminal device includes: a terminal controller which interprets only one of command schemes of a wireless communication unit and a near-field communication unit, and controls a function of the terminal device; and a control unit which controls communications between the wireless communication unit and the terminal controller and between the near-field communication unit and the terminal controller. The control unit includes: an identification number addition unit which adds an identification number to a command from the near-field communication unit or the wireless communication unit; and a command converting unit which converts a command of the other command scheme into a command of one command scheme, using a command conversion table.
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34 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A terminal device comprising:
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a near-field communication unit configured to perform near-field communications with an external reader/writer; a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communications with an external communication device; a terminal control unit configured to interpret only one of command schemes of the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit, and control a function of the terminal device; and a unit-to-unit communication control unit configured to control communications between the wireless communication unit and the terminal control unit and between the near-field communication unit and the terminal control unit, the unit-to-unit communication control unit including; an identification number addition unit configured to add an identification number to one of commands from the near-field communication unit and the wireless communication unit; and a command converting unit configured to convert a command of the other of the command schemes among the commands from the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit into a command of the one of the command schemes, using a command conversion table in which the command scheme of the wireless communication unit and the command scheme of the near-field communication unit are associated, wherein the unit-to-unit communication control unit is configured to communicate, to the terminal control unit, the command of the other of the command schemes which has the identification number added by the identification number addition unit, or the command of the one of the command schemes which has the identification number added by the identification number addition unit, the command of the other of the command schemes being converted into a command of the one of the command schemes. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A communication method executed by a terminal device, the terminal device including:
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a near-field communication unit for performing near-field communications with an external reader/writer; a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communications with an external communication device; a terminal control unit for interpreting only one of command schemes of the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit, and controlling a function of the terminal device; and a unit-to-unit communication control unit for controlling communications between the wireless communication unit and the terminal control unit and between the near-field communication unit and the terminal control unit, the communication method comprising; (a) causing the unit-to-unit communication control unit to add an identification number to one of commands from the near-field communication unit and the wireless communication unit; and (b) causing the unit-to-unit communication control unit to convert a command of the other of the command schemes among the commands from the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit into a command of the one of the command schemes, using a command conversion table in which the command scheme of the wireless communication unit and the command scheme of the near-field communication unit are associated, wherein the command of the other of the command schemes which has the identification number added in step (a), or the command of the one of the command schemes which has the identification number added in step (a) is communicated to the terminal control unit, the command of the other of the command schemes being converted into a command of the one of the command schemes in step (b).
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34. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program executed by a terminal device including:
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a near-field communication unit for performing near-field communications with an external reader/writer; a wireless communication unit for performing wireless communications with an external communication device; a terminal control unit for interpreting only one of command schemes of the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit, and controlling a function of the terminal device; and a unit-to-unit communication control unit for controlling communications between the wireless communication unit and the terminal control unit and between the near-field communication unit and the terminal control unit, the program for; (a) causing the unit-to-unit communication control unit to add an identification number to one of commands from the near-field communication unit and the wireless communication unit; and (b) causing the unit-to-unit communication control unit to convert a command of the other of the command schemes among the commands from the wireless communication unit and the near-field communication unit into a command of the one of the command schemes, using a command conversion table in which the command scheme of the wireless communication unit and the command scheme of the near-field communication unit are associated, wherein the command of the other of the command schemes which has the identification number added in step (a), or the command of the one of the command schemes which has the identification number added in step (a) is communicated to the terminal control unit, the command of the other of the command schemes being converted into a command of the one of the command schemes in step (b).
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Specification