Communication device for performing wireless communication with an external server based on information received via near field communication

• US 9,142,122 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Issued: 09/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Oshima, Mitsuaki, Ohnishi, Toshiaki, Yamaoka, Masaru, Ohira, Tomoaki, Matsumoto, Michihiro, Mukai, Tsutomu, Matsushita, Yosuke, Ohtsubo, Shohji, Nakae, Hironori, Yamada, Kazunori, Sakakibara, Mizuho, Yamaguchi, Kohei, Iida, Shigehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Hanidu, Ganiyu A
• Application Number:
  US13/820,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20140009268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,397 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/68, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/556.1, 455/3.06, 455/411, 455/436, 455/432.1, 455/66.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/91 Remote control based on location and proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• 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 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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

A mobile device includes a position sensing unit, a remote control information obtainment unit, and a storage unit. Position information obtained by the position sensing unit is stored in the storage unit in association with remote control information. The mobile device further includes a directional space obtainment unit and an apparatus specification unit. The mobile device recognizes a direction pointed by a user using the mobile device, and enables operation of a terminal apparatus existing in the pointing direction.

Claims

1. A wireless communication terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a position information generation unit configured to generate position information of the wireless communication terminal;

a wireless communication unit configured to perform data transmission and reception with at least one external server via wireless communication;

a near field communication (NFC) unit configured to perform data transmission and reception with an external communication device via NFC; and

a control unit configured to control the display unit, the wireless communication unit, and the NFC unit,

wherein the NFC unit is configured to;

transmit a radio wave or an electromagnetic wave to the communication device; and

receive transmission data from the communication device, the transmission data including specific information stored in the communication device,

the specific information includes server identification information identifying (i) a specific server from among the at least one external server, (ii) communication device identification information identifying the communication device, and (iii) position identification information identifying a position of the communication device,

the wireless communication unit is configured to;

transmit server transmission data to the specific server identified by the server identification information included in the specific information in the transmission data received by the NFC unit, the server transmission data including the communication device identification information and the position identification information included in the specific information; and

receive response information relating to the transmitted server transmission data, from the specific server,

the display unit is configured to display information relating to the received response information,

the position information generation unit is configured to generate the position information of the wireless communication terminal, using the position identification information, and

the specific information further includes information identifying (i) as the specific server, a content server for distributing video or audio content being reproduced in the communication device and (ii) content identification information identifying the video or audio content in the content server.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the server transmission data further including the position information of the wireless communication terminal, to the specific server.

3. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the specific information further includes position accuracy identification information indicating accuracy of the position identification information, and

the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the server transmission data including the position accuracy identification information, to the specific server.

4. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the position information generation unit is configured to generate the position information based on the communication device identification information.

5. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the communication device identification information is information convertible to the position information of the wireless communication terminal, and

the wireless communication unit is configured to transmit the communication device identification information to the specific server, and receive the position information of the wireless communication terminal from the specific server, the position information of the wireless communication terminal being obtained by converting the communication device identification information.

6. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the specific information includes information indicating a specific application, and

the control unit is configured to activate the specific application based on the specific information.

7. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 6,

wherein the specific information includes application obtainment information for obtaining the specific application, and

the wireless communication unit is configured to, in the case where the wireless communication terminal does not hold the specific application, receive the specific application from the specific server based on the specific information.

8. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the specific information includes category information of an application for processing the specific information, and

the display unit is configured to display:

a list of applications, held in the wireless communication terminal, for processing the specific information; and

a screen prompting an operator to select an application from the list.

9. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the specific information includes information identifying reproduction right information of the video or audio content,

the server transmission data is information for logging into the content server and obtaining information of the video or audio content using the reproduction right information,

the response information is content information of the video or audio content being reproduced in the communication device, and

the display unit is configured to display the video or audio content as the information relating to the response information.

10. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1,

the server transmission data is information for logging into the content server and obtaining information of the video or audio content using reproduction right information of the video or audio content, the reproduction right information being held in the wireless communication terminal,

the response information is content information of the video or audio content being reproduced in the communication device, and

the display unit is configured to display the video or audio content as the information relating to the response information.

11. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 9,

wherein the specific information includes reproduction position information of the video or audio content being reproduced in the communication device:

the server transmission data further includes the reproduction position information; and

the response information is video relating to the reproduction position information, in the content information of the video or audio content being reproduced in the communication device.