Communication System, Host Device, and Terminal Device

• US 20100095026A1
• Filed: 10/08/2009
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Taniguchi, Kazushige, Nagai, Tadakazu
• Granted Patent: US 8,417,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

Provided is a host device (10), which can establish a communication connection with a terminal device (20) and can be connected to a peripheral device (30), including a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section. The host device (10) transmits information for identifying the terminal device (20) acquired from the terminal device (20) to the peripheral device (30) as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device (30) to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device (10) is connected to the terminal device (20) and connected to the peripheral device (30) via the first communication section.

Claims

1. A communication system, comprising:

a host device;

a terminal device that can establish a communication connection with the host device; and

a peripheral device comprising;

a first communication section that can be connected to the host device; and

a second communication section that can be connected to the terminal device, wherein;

the terminal device comprises a section for transmitting information for identifying the terminal device to the host device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section;

the host device comprises a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting the information for identifying the terminal device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section; and

the peripheral device further comprises a section for establishing a communication connection via the second communication section with the communication partner identified by the communication destination identification information transmitted by the communication destination identification information transmitting section.

2. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

the peripheral device can be further connected to the host device via the second communication section; and

the communication destination identification information transmitting section of the host device transmits information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device.

3. A host device, which can establish a communication connection with a terminal device and can be connected to a peripheral device, that comprises a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section,

the host device comprising a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section.

4. A host device according to claim 3, wherein:

the host device can be connected to the peripheral device via the second communication section; and

the communication destination identification information transmitting section transmits information for identifying the host device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device.

5. A host device according to claim 4, wherein:

the communication destination identification information transmitting section acquires information that allows the host device to identify the peripheral device as the communication partner in the case of performing the communications via the second communication section, from the peripheral device when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section without being connected to the terminal device; and

the communication destination identification information transmitting section transmits, to the terminal device, the information that allows the terminal device to identify the peripheral device as the communication partner in the case of performing the communications via the second communication section, and has been acquired from the peripheral device, when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section while being connected to the terminal device.

6. A host device according to claim 3, wherein the communication destination identification information transmitting section transmits the information for identifying the terminal device to the peripheral device as the communication destination identification information when the host device is connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section while being connected to the terminal device operating in a predetermined operation mode.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

a first communication section that can be connected to a host device;

a second communication section that can be connected to a peripheral device; and

a notifying section for transmitting information for identifying the terminal device to the host device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the terminal device is connected to the host device.

8. A terminal device according to claim 7, wherein:

the terminal device operates in one of a plurality of operation modes including a connection operation mode for notifying the peripheral device of the communication destination identification information, according to a user'"'"'s instruction operation;

the terminal device further comprises a section for changing, according to the one of the plurality of operation modes, information indicating a type of the terminal device, which is to be transmitted to the host device when the terminal device is connected to the host device; and

the notifying section transmits the information for identifying the terminal device to the host device as the communication destination identification information when the terminal device is connected to the host device in the connection operation mode.

9. A communication control method, which is performed by a host device that can establish a communication connection with a terminal device, and can be connected to a peripheral device that comprises a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section,

the communication control method comprising transmitting information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section.

10. A computer-readable information storage medium, which stores thereon a program for causing a host device, that can establish a communication connection with a terminal device, and can be connected to a peripheral device that comprises a first communication section and a second communication section, via the first communication section, to function as a communication destination identification information transmitting section for transmitting information for identifying the terminal device acquired from the terminal device to the peripheral device as communication destination identification information that allows the peripheral device to identify a communication partner in a case of performing communications via the second communication section, when the host device is connected to the terminal device and connected to the peripheral device via the first communication section.