Communication apparatus, program, communication method and communication system

• US 9,531,445 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2014
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Iwasaki, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hanidu, Ganiyu A
• Application Number:
  US14/146,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20140120835A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 455/561, 455/517, 455/557, 455/127, 455/54.2, 455/31, 455/38, 455/70, 455/512, 455/450, 455/452.1, 455/524, 455/466, 455/434, 370/442, 370/445, 370/448, 370/330, 370/328, 370/338, 370/346, 370/450, 370/326, 370/345
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/121 Restricting unauthorised execution of programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0614 Improving the reliability of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/24 for communication between two or more posts wireless communication networks H04W

Abstract

A communication apparatus including a first storage unit, a second storage unit logically or physically discriminated from the first storage unit, a first communication unit, a second communication unit for transmitting data stored in the second storage unit through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, and a selecting unit for selecting at least either the first storage unit or the second storage unit as a storage destination of the data received by the first communication unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

receive first data;

transmit second data through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling from a data source selected from amongst a plurality of data sources including logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits;

determine whether transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited; and

control selection of the data source of the second data to be transmitted from amongst the plurality of data sources to select one of the plurality of data sources other than the first memory circuit as the data source in a situation in which the transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

the plurality of data sources.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to control selection of a storage destination of at least a part of the first data from amongst the plurality of data sources.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the selection of the storage destination based on additional information of the first data from amongst the plurality of data sources.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein when information indicating a partial range of the first data is included in the additional information of the first data, the circuitry is configured to select one of the data sources other than the first memory circuit as the storage destination of the partial range of the first data and is configured to select the first memory circuit as the storage destination of all of the first data.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the circuitry is further configured to restrict the first data stored in the first memory circuit from being transmitted.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving, by circuitry, first data;

transmitting, by the circuitry, second data through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling from a data source selected from amongst a plurality of data sources including logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits;

determining, by the circuitry, whether transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited; and

controlling, by the circuitry, a selection of the data source of the second data to be transmitted from amongst the plurality of data sources to select one of the plurality of data sources other than the first memory circuit as the data source in a situation in which the transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by circuitry, causes the circuitry to perform the method according to claim 7.

9. A server comprising:

circuitry configured to transmit first data with additional information to a communication apparatus, wherein

the additional information includes information that is determinative of a memory storage area of the communication apparatus, such that the communication apparatus is configured to select a storage destination of the first data from amongst a plurality of data sources including logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits based on the additional information, and such that the re-transmission of at least a part of the first data, from the communication apparatus to an external apparatus, is restricted to electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling and is further restricted to determine whether transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited and to select one of the plurality of data sources other than the first memory circuit as a data source for the retransmission in a situation in which the transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited.

10. A method comprising:

transmitting, by circuitry of a server, first data with additional information to a communication apparatus, wherein

the additional information includes information that is determinative of a memory storage area of the communication apparatus, such that the communication apparatus is configured to select a storage destination of the first data from amongst a plurality of data sources including logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits based on the additional information, and such that the re-transmission of at least a part of the first data, from the communication apparatus to an external apparatus, is restricted to electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling and is further restricted to determine whether transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited and to select one of the plurality of data sources other than the first memory circuit as a data source for the retransmission in a situation in which the transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by circuitry, causes the circuit to perform the method according to claim 10.

12. A system, comprising:

a communication apparatus including circuitry configured to receive first data;

transmit second data through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling from a data source selected from amongst a plurality of data sources including logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits;

determine whether transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited; and

control selection of the data source of the second data to be transmitted from amongst the plurality of data sources to select one of the plurality of data sources other than the first memory circuit as the data source in a situation in which the transmission from the first memory circuit is to be prohibited, and

a server including circuitry configured to transmit the first data with additional information to the communication apparatus, wherein

the communication apparatus is configured to select a storage destination of the first data from amongst the logically or physically discriminated first and second memory circuits based on the additional information.