Wireless communication system, communication apparatus, setting information providing method, setting information obtaining method, and computer program

• US 10,270,616 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2012
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Matsuo, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Xiang
• Application Number:
  US13/495,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20120258658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,505 Days
• Field of Search: 4555521, 4555531
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A wireless communication system includes an access point, a master communication apparatus, and a slave communication apparatus, and the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus perform wireless communication through the access point. The master communication apparatus stores setting information necessary for accessing the access point; performs wireless communication through the access point using the stored setting information; and performs near field communication with the slave communication apparatus to transmit the stored setting information to the slave communication apparatus in response to a setting information request received from the slave communication apparatus via near field communication. The slave communication apparatus performs near field communication with the master communication apparatus to transmit the setting information request to the master communication apparatus; receives the setting information from the master communication apparatus via near field communication; stores the setting information; and performs wireless communication through the access point using the setting information.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a near field communication unit configured to receive, by using a near field communication, a content list indicating a plurality of content items and communication information from a communication apparatus; and

a wireless communication unit configured to communicate directly with an information processing apparatus via a wireless communication which is different from the near field communication, and to receive a selected content item according to a selection from the plurality content items indicated in the content list, the selected content item being received from the information processing apparatus via the wireless communication, according to the communication information,

wherein the communication information includes credentials for accessing the information processing apparatus and encrypting the wireless communication.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of content items includes a software application.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of content items includes a video content item.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit configured to display information based on the content list received by the near field communication unit.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit, wherein the selected content item corresponds to the selection based on an input received via the input unit.

6. The communication terminal according to claim 4, wherein the selected content item corresponds to the selection based on the content list displayed on the output unit.

7. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a content processing unit configured to process the selected content item received by the wireless communication unit.

8. The communication terminal according to claim 7, wherein the wireless communication unit is configured to receive the selected content item in a streaming manner and the content processing unit is configured to play the selected content item received in the streaming manner.

11. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the near field communication uses a near field communication medium that enables the content list and the communication information to be received by the near field communication unit, and

wherein the wireless communication uses a wireless communication medium that enables the selected content item to be received by the wireless communication unit.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication information includes setting information.

9. A communication method comprising:

receiving, in a near field communication, a content list indicating a plurality of content items and communication information from a communication apparatus;

communicating directly with an information processing apparatus via a wireless communication which is different from the near field communication; and

receiving a selected content item according to a selection from the plurality content items indicated in the content list, the selected content item being received from the information processing apparatus via the wireless communication, according to the communication information,

wherein the communication information includes credentials for accessing the information processing apparatus and encrypting the wireless communication.

12. The communication method according to claim 9, wherein the near field communication uses a near field communication medium that enables the content list and the communication information to be received by a near field communication unit, and

wherein the wireless communication uses a wireless communication medium that enables the selected content item to be received by a wireless communication unit.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program that is executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by using a near field communication, a content list indicating a plurality of content items and communication information from a communication apparatus;

communicating directly with an information processing apparatus via a wireless communication which is different from the near field communication; and

receiving a selected content item according to a selection from the plurality content items indicated in the content list, the selected content item being received from the information processing apparatus via the wireless communication, according to the communication information,

wherein the communication information includes credentials for accessing the information processing apparatus and encrypting the wireless communication.

13. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the near field communication uses a near field communication medium that enables the content list and the communication information to be received by a near field communication unit, and

wherein the wireless communication uses a wireless communication medium that enables the selected content item to be received by a wireless communication unit.