ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM SUITABLE FOR WRITING INFORMATION TO WIRELESS TAG

• US 20180024796A1
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: HAMAKAWA, Takeshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,120,631 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1237 Print job management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1296 Printer job scheduling or printer resource handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• 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

Abstract

Provided is an electronic device capable of effectively using a wireless tag. A system-control unit of a MFP, via a communication-control unit, checks whether or not setup information is stored on a wireless tag, and when setup information is stored, reads the setup information, executes setup based on the setup information and rewrites status information to correspond to the setup state. A system-control unit of a portable terminal, via a communication-control unit that controls communication with a wireless tag, reads NFC information (management information) that manages the data write area of the wireless tag, and when there is empty space in the NFC information (management information), writes setup information that has status information indicating the setup state in the empty area.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a first communication-control unit that controls communication with a wireless tag that is capable of storing setup information that has status information indicating a setup state; and

a first system-control unit that checks via the first communication-control unit whether or not the setup information is stored in the wireless tag, and when the setup information is stored, reads the setup information;

wherein

the first system-control unit executes setup based on the setup information, and rewrites the status information to correspond to the setup state.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

when the setup is incomplete, complete or failed, the first system-control unit sets the status information to setup incomplete, setup complete, or setup failure.

3. An electronic device comprising:

a second communication-control unit that controls communication with a wireless tag; and

a second system-control unit that via the second communication-control unit reads management information that manages the data write area of the wireless tag;

wherein

when there is empty area in the management information, the second system-control unit writes setup information that has status information indicating the setup state in the empty area.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein

when there is no empty area in the management information, the second system-control unit writes new setup information in the setup information for setup complete or setup failed when rewriting the status information to either setup complete or setup failed.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores an information update program that can be executed by a computer of an electronic device;

and when executed, the information update program causes the computer to;

control communication with a wireless tag that is capable of storing setup information that has status information indicating a setup state;

check whether or not the setup information is stored in the wireless tag, and when the setup information is stored, read the setup information; and

execute setup based on the setup information, and rewrite the status information to correspond to the setup state.