Communication processing apparatus, computer program product and data processing method

• US 8,396,421 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kuroda, Seiji, Soma, Isao, Ishikawa, Yasuharu, Takada, Kazuo, Yoneda, Yoshihiro, Miyabayashi, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US13/398,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20120156994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 390 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/415, 455/425, 455/433, 455/435.1, 455/461, 455/510, 455/514, 455/552.1, 455/3.01, 455/418, 455/569.2, 455/456.3, 455/466, 455/456.1, 455/457, 455/456.2, 455/432.3, 707/10, 707/E17.032, 707/769, 725/81, 725/62, 709/219, 705/28
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/147 Signalling methods or messages providing extensions to protocols defined by standardisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A communication processing apparatus, a computer program product, and a data processing method are provided. The communication processing apparatus includes a near-field communication unit configured to perform near-field communication; a control unit configured to acquire communication history data of near-field communication performed by using the near-field communication unit; and a storage unit configured to store the communication history data under control of the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire the communication history data stored in the storage unit and transmit the acquired communication history data to a server that performs information management, when issuing an information registration request to the server.

Claims

1. A communication processing apparatus comprising:

a near-field communication unit configured to perform near-field communication;

a control unit configured to acquire communication history data of near-field communication performed by using the near-field communication unit; and

a storage unit configured to store the communication history data under control of the control unit,

wherein the control unit is configured to acquire the communication history data stored in the storage unit and transmit the acquired communication history data to a server that performs information management, when issuing an information registration request to the server.

2. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire, as the communication history data, identification information on a communication processing apparatus with which near-field communication has been performed, and when issuing the information registration request, transmit the acquired identification information to the server.

3. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire, as the communication history data, execution date and time information on a date and time when near-field communication was performed, and when issuing the information registration request, transmit the acquired execution date and time information to the server.

4. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire, as the communication history data, execution position information on a position where near-field communication was performed, and when issuing the information registration request, transmit the acquired execution position information to the server.

5. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a record of near-field communication with another communication processing apparatus is transmitted to the server when issuing the information registration request to the server.

6. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a registration completion notification from the server indicating that the communication processing apparatus has been registered to correspond to another communication processing apparatus.

7. The communication processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit receives the registration completion notification if the communication history data transmitted to the server when issuing the information registration request includes a record of near-field communication with the another communication processing apparatus.

8. A computer program product having instructions that when read by a CPU cause a communication processing apparatus to perform data processing comprising the steps of:

causing a near-field communication unit to perform near-field communication with another communication processing apparatus;

causing a control unit to acquire communication history data of near-field communication performed by using the near-field communication unit and to store the acquired communication history data in a storage unit; and

causing the control unit to acquire the communication history data stored in the storage unit and to transmit the acquired communication history data to a server that performs information management, when causing the control unit to issue an information registration request to the server.

9. A data processing method performed in a communication processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

performing, by using a near-field communication unit, near-field communication with another communication processing apparatus;

acquiring, by using a control unit, communication history data of near-field communication performed by using the near-field communication unit, and storing, by using the control unit, the acquired communication history data in a storage unit; and

acquiring, by using the control unit, the communication history data stored in the storage unit and transmitting, by using the control unit, the acquired communication history data to a server that performs information management, when issuing, by using the control unit, an information registration request to the server.