ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD

• US 20120276850A1
• Filed: 02/24/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Hideyuki
• Application Number:
  US13/404,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20120276850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/04 including near field communication means, e.g. RFID

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a communication module, a connection establishing module, and a session control module. The communication module executes close proximity wireless transfer. The connection establishing module establishes a connection between the communication module and an external device. The session control module executes a first service when the connection has been established, and executes a second service when a threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after completion of the execution of the first service.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a communication module configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer;

a close proximity state detector configured to detect that the communication module and an external device configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer are in a close proximity state;

a connection establishing module configured to establish a connection between the communication module and the external device when the close proximity state has been detected; and

a session controller configured to execute a first service when the connection has been established, and to execute a second service when a first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after completion of the execution of the first service.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the session controller is configured to transmit a first service session request signal to the external device when the connection has been established, and to establish a first service session and execute the first service when a first service session accept signal has been received from the external device, the first service session request signal being for executing the first service, and the first service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the first service.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the session controller is configured

to transmit a second service session request signal to the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been received from the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, and the second service session accept signal for accepting the execution of the second service.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the session controller is configured

to receive a second service session request signal from the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been transmitted to the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, and the second service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the second service.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 2, wherein the session controller is configured

to transmit a second service session request signal to the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service,

to receive a second service session refuse signal from the external device,

to receive a second service session request signal from the external device when a second threshold time that is longer than the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been transmitted to the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, the second service session refuse signal being for refusing the execution of the second service, and the second service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the second service.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the session controller is configured

to receive a first service session request signal from the external device when the connection has been established, and

to establish a first service session and execute the first service when a first service session accept signal has been transmitted to the external device,

the first service session request signal being for executing the first service, and the first service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the first service.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein the session controller is configured

to transmit a second service session request signal to the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been received from the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, and the second service session accept signal for accepting the execution of the second service.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein the session controller is configured

to receive a second service session request signal from the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been transmitted to the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, and the second service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the second service.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein the session controller is configured

to transmit a second service session request signal to the external device when the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service,

to receive a second service session refuse signal from the external device,

to receive a second service session request signal from the external device when a second threshold time that is longer than the first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after the completion of the execution of the first service, and

to establish a second service session and execute the second service when a second service session accept signal has been transmitted to the external device,

the second service session request signal being for executing the second service, the second service session refuse signal being for refusing the execution of the second service, and the second service session accept signal being for accepting the execution of the second service.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the session controller is configured to execute the second service when the first threshold time has passed while the connection is established after the completion of the execution of the first service.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a timer configured to measure an elapsed time from the completion of the execution of the first service,

wherein the session controller is configured to execute the second service when the elapsed time measured by the timer has exceeded the first threshold time.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 11, wherein the close proximity state detector is configured to further detect that the close proximity state has been released,

wherein the timer is configured to stop measuring the elapsed time, when the close proximity state detector has detected that the close proximity state has been released, when the connection has been released, or when the execution of the second service has been started.

13. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second service is terminated in response to a release of the close proximity state.

14. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the close proximity state detector is configured to detect the close proximity state in which the external device is within a predetermined distance from the communication module.

15. A communication control method of controlling close proximity wireless transfer by a communication module, the method comprising:

detecting that the communication module and an external device are in a close proximity state;

establishing a connection between the communication module and the external device when the close proximity state has been detected; and

executing a first service when the connection has been established, and executing a second service when a first threshold time has passed while the close proximity state is maintained after completion of the execution of the first service.