Communication apparatus providing communication by using stored identification information
First Claim
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
- an interface unit constructed to read out communication carrier identification information from a storage medium which stores a plurality of information including the communication carrier identification information;
a communicating unit constructed to perform communication by using a communication carrier;
an authenticating unit constructed to perform an authentication;
a control unit constructed to identify, based on the communication carrier identification information read out from the storage medium by the interface unit, the communication carrier for the communication performed by the communication unit and to control a communicating operation by the communicating unit in accordance with the communication carrier identified by the communication carrier identification information read out by the interface unit; and
a display unit constructed to display an authenticating display screen for making the authentication,wherein the control unit decides a display language in accordance with the communication carrier identification information read out by the interface unit and generates a display signal of the authenticating display screen according to the decided display language.
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes: an interface for reading out identification information regarding a communication carrier from a storage medium in which the identification information is stored; a communication unit for deciding the communication carrier based on the identification information read out by the interface and making communication by using the decided communication carrier; an authentication unit for making an authentication by using the identification information read out by the interface; a control unit for enabling a communicating operation by the communication unit according to a success in the authentication by the authentication unit; and a display control unit for allowing an authenticating display screen for making the authentication to be displayed onto a display apparatus. The display control unit decides a display language based on the identification information read out by the interface and changes a display language on the authenticating display screen according to the decided language.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
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an interface unit constructed to read out communication carrier identification information from a storage medium which stores a plurality of information including the communication carrier identification information; a communicating unit constructed to perform communication by using a communication carrier; an authenticating unit constructed to perform an authentication; a control unit constructed to identify, based on the communication carrier identification information read out from the storage medium by the interface unit, the communication carrier for the communication performed by the communication unit and to control a communicating operation by the communicating unit in accordance with the communication carrier identified by the communication carrier identification information read out by the interface unit; and a display unit constructed to display an authenticating display screen for making the authentication, wherein the control unit decides a display language in accordance with the communication carrier identification information read out by the interface unit and generates a display signal of the authenticating display screen according to the decided display language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A communication method comprising the steps of:
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reading out communication carrier identification information from a storage medium which stores a plurality of information including the communication carrier identification information and authentication information; communicating by using a communication carrier; performing an authentication by using the authentication information read out by the reading step; identifying, based on the communication carrier identification information read out from the storage medium by the reading step, the communication carrier for the communication performed by the communicating step and controlling a communicating operation by the communicating step in accordance with a result of the authentication and the communication carrier identified by the communication carrier identification information read out by the reading step; and displaying an authenticating display screen for making the authentication, wherein the controlling step includes deciding a display language in accordance with the communication carrier identification information read out by the reading step and generating a display signal of the authenticating display screen according to the decided display language.
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