Communication apparatus and a method of controlling a communication apparatus
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- a) first communication means conformed to a first communication standard;
b) second communication means conformed to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and
c) a control unit coupled to said first and second communication means,wherein said first communication means is capable of detecting whether or not another apparatus is disconnected from said first communication means,wherein said control unit is capable of setting said second communication means in an active state, if said first communication means detects that another apparatus is disconnected from said first communication means when said second communication means is in an inactive state, andwherein said second communication means is capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when said second communication means is set in the active state, and is not capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when said second communication means is set in the inactive state.
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Abstract
Communication apparatus having first communication device conformed to a first communication standard and second communication device conformed to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard. A control unit is coupled to the first and second communication device. The first communication device is capable of detecting whether or not another apparatus is disconnected from the first communication device. The control unit is capable of setting the second communication device in an active state if the first communication device detects that another apparatus is disconnected from the first communication device when the second communication device is in an inactive state. The second communication device is capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when the second communication device is set in an active state, and is not capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when the second communication device is set in an inactive state.
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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a) first communication means conformed to a first communication standard; b) second communication means conformed to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard; and c) a control unit coupled to said first and second communication means, wherein said first communication means is capable of detecting whether or not another apparatus is disconnected from said first communication means, wherein said control unit is capable of setting said second communication means in an active state, if said first communication means detects that another apparatus is disconnected from said first communication means when said second communication means is in an inactive state, and wherein said second communication means is capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when said second communication means is set in the active state, and is not capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when said second communication means is set in the inactive state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 16)
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7. A method of controlling a communication apparatus that includes first communication means conformed to a first communication standard, and second communication means conformed to a second communication standard different from the first communication standard, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting using the first communication means whether or not another apparatus is disconnected from the first communication means; and setting the second communication means in an active state, if the first communication means detects that another apparatus is disconnected from the first communication means when the second communication means is in an inactive state, wherein the second communication means is capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when the second communication means is set in the active state, and is not capable of being used to communicate with another apparatus when the second communication means is set in the inactive state. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18)
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