COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A communication device which performs Near Field Communication (NFC) with a communication terminal device, processes, by software, information received from the communication terminal device, and transmits the information to a registration device connected via a communication network, said communication device comprising:
- an antenna unit configured to receive radio waves from the communication terminal device;
an NFC unit configured to switch to either one of two communication modes including (i) a first mode in which said communication device acts as a reader/writer device which transmits a polling signal to the communication terminal device and receives a polling response from the communication terminal device, and (ii) a second mode in which said communication device acts as a tag device which receives a polling signal from the communication terminal device and transmits a polling response to the communication terminal device, and to perform Near Field Communication with the communication terminal device via said antenna unit so as to receive software identification information and terminal identification information from the communication terminal device, the software identification information identifying an item of software that processes the information received from the communication terminal device, and the terminal identification information identifying the communication terminal device; and
a control unit configured to acquire corresponding software which is an item of software corresponding to the received software identification information, and to cause the acquired corresponding software to run so as to generate registration information containing the received terminal identification information of the communication terminal device, in accordance with an operation of the corresponding software caused to run, and to transmit the registration information to the registration device connected to said communication device via the communication network,wherein said NFC unit switches the communication mode to the first mode in the case where said control unit causes the corresponding software to run, andsaid NFC unit switches the communication mode to the second mode in the case where said NFC unit has received the polling signal from the communication terminal device.
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Abstract
A relay device (20) which performs Near Field Communication with a terminal device (10) which is a communication terminal device, and to process information received from the terminal device by a software; a loop antenna (201) which receives radio waves from the terminal device (10); an NFC unit (204) which performs Near Field Communication with the terminal device (10) via a loop antenna (201), and to receive from the terminal device (10) application identification information (1003) which identifies an application that processes the information received from the terminal device (10); and a controller (205) which acquires an application corresponding to the received application identification information (1003), and to cause the acquired application to run.
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9 Claims
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1. A communication device which performs Near Field Communication (NFC) with a communication terminal device, processes, by software, information received from the communication terminal device, and transmits the information to a registration device connected via a communication network, said communication device comprising:
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an antenna unit configured to receive radio waves from the communication terminal device; an NFC unit configured to switch to either one of two communication modes including (i) a first mode in which said communication device acts as a reader/writer device which transmits a polling signal to the communication terminal device and receives a polling response from the communication terminal device, and (ii) a second mode in which said communication device acts as a tag device which receives a polling signal from the communication terminal device and transmits a polling response to the communication terminal device, and to perform Near Field Communication with the communication terminal device via said antenna unit so as to receive software identification information and terminal identification information from the communication terminal device, the software identification information identifying an item of software that processes the information received from the communication terminal device, and the terminal identification information identifying the communication terminal device; and a control unit configured to acquire corresponding software which is an item of software corresponding to the received software identification information, and to cause the acquired corresponding software to run so as to generate registration information containing the received terminal identification information of the communication terminal device, in accordance with an operation of the corresponding software caused to run, and to transmit the registration information to the registration device connected to said communication device via the communication network, wherein said NFC unit switches the communication mode to the first mode in the case where said control unit causes the corresponding software to run, and said NFC unit switches the communication mode to the second mode in the case where said NFC unit has received the polling signal from the communication terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication method for performing Near Field Communication with a communication terminal device by a communication device and processing, by software, information received from the communication terminal device via an antenna unit, and transmitting the information to a registration device connected via a communication network, the communication method comprising:
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performing Near Field Communication with the communication terminal device via the antenna unit so as to receive software identification information and terminal identification information from the communication terminal device by switching to either one of two communication modes including (i) a first mode in which said communication device acts as a reader/writer device which transmits a polling signal to the communication terminal device and receives a polling response from the communication terminal device, and (ii) a second mode in which said communication device acts as a tag device which receives a polling signal from the communication terminal device and transmits a polling response to the communication terminal device, the software identification information identifying a software that processes the information received from the communication terminal device, and the terminal identification information identifying the communication terminal device; and acquiring corresponding software which is an item of software corresponding to the received software identification information, causing the acquired corresponding software to run, generating registration information containing the received terminal identification information of the communication terminal device, in accordance with an operation of the corresponding software caused to run, and transmitting the registration information to the registration device connected to said communication device via the communication network, wherein in said performing Near Field Communication, the communication mode is switched to the first mode in the case where the corresponding software is caused to run, and the communication mode is switched to the second mode in the case where the polling signal from the communication terminal device has been received.
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