Wireless communication apparatus

• US 7,127,210 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2002
• Issued: 10/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: 2BCom LLC (Markman Advisors LLC)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Aoyagi, Kazunori
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, Matthew D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHU, SANH D
• Application Number:
  US10/096,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20030114107A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,685 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/450, 455/410, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/416, 455/417, 370/259, 370/260, 370/261, 370/262, 370/263, 370/264, 370/265, 370/266, 370/267, 370/268, 370/269, 370/270
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

This invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus including a discovery unit which discovers the completion of connection with another wireless communication apparatus, a mode setup unit which sets up a mode which defines processing for a signal for performing communication with the wireless communication apparatus from a wireless communication apparatus except for another wireless communication apparatus, and a shift unit which shifts to the mode set up by the mode setup unit when the discovery unit discovers the completion of connection.

Claims

1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

a unit configured to set up a first mode where the wireless communication apparatus is connectable with at least a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and accepts a connection request from the first wireless communication device;

a unit configured to establish a connection with the first wireless communication device;

a unit configured to discover a completion of the connection with the first wireless communication device;

a unit configured to set up a second mode where, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the wireless communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication device with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device; and

a unit configured to shift from the first mode to the second mode when said discovering unit discovers the completion of the connection.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second mode includes a non-discoverable mode in which the wireless communication apparatus does not respond to an inquiry signal.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second mode includes a non-connectable mode in which no connection is performed for paging.

4. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second mode includes a non-discoverable mode based on a Bluetooth standard.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second mode includes a non-connectable mode based on a Bluetooth standard.

6. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the non-discoverable mode does not respond to an inquiry.

7. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the non-connectable mode sends a connection denial response to a paging signal.

8. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the non-connectable mode does not respond to a paging signal.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second mode includes a non-discoverable mode and non-connectable mode based on a Bluetooth standard.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second mode inhibits connection with another wireless communication apparatus.

11. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second mode is canceled after end of communication with the first wireless communication device.

12. A communication method in a wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

setting up a first mode where the wireless communication apparatus is connectable with at least a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and accepts a connection request from the first wireless communication device;

establishing a connection with the first wireless communication device;

discovering a completion of the connection with the wireless communication apparatus;

setting up a second mode where, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the wireless communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication device with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device; and

shifting from the first mode to the second mode after the completion of the connection.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the second mode includes a non-discoverable mode in which the wireless communication apparatus does not respond to an inquiry signal.

14. A method according to claim 12, wherein the second mode includes a non-connectable mode in which no connection is performed for paging.

15. A method according to claim 13, wherein the second mode includes a non-discoverable mode based on a Bluetooth standard.

16. A method according to claim 14, wherein the second mode includes a non-connectable mode based on a Bluetooth standard.

17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the wireless communication apparatus does not respond to an inquiry signal from another wireless communication apparatus after shifting to the second mode.

18. A method according to claim 16, wherein the wireless communication apparatus sends a connection denial response to a paging signal after shifting to the second mode.

19. A method according to claim 16, wherein the wireless communication apparatus does not respond to a paging signal after shifting to the second mode.

20. A communication apparatus comprising:

a unit configured to establish a connection with a first wireless communication apparatus in a first mode; and

a unit configured to control a connection from a second wireless communication apparatus when the connection with the first wireless communication apparatus is established, wherein the control unit sets up a second mode in which, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication apparatus with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device.

21. A communication method in a communication apparatus, comprising:

establishing a connection with a first wireless communication apparatus in a first mode; and

controlling a connection from a second wireless communication apparatus when the connection with the first wireless communication apparatus is established, wherein controlling includes setting up a second mode in which, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication apparatus with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device.