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20090219249 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DOUBLE-SIDED OPERABLE KEYBOARD - There is provided an information processing apparatus with a double-sided operable keyboard, capable of executing desired application processing even in the case where a keyboard is folded and keys to be normally operated are directed to a reverse side (e.g., a display apparatus side or a lower side) with respect to a user. The information processing apparatus includes a display apparatus and a keyboard apparatus. The keyboard apparatus is foldable so as to cover a lower part or a portion of a display region of the display apparatus, and at least one function key assigned arbitrary applications are provided on a bottom surface of the keyboard apparatus. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus includes a keyboard position detecting part for detecting a relative position of the keyboard apparatus with respect to the display apparatus, and switches effective keys between keys on an upper surface of the keyboard apparatus and keys on the bottom surface of the keyboard apparatus in accordance with the relative position of the keyboard apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
20090232117 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD - A mobile phone terminal acquires and stores therein current position information thereof from a public wireless base station. The mobile phone terminal reads out a profile name corresponding to the acquired position information from a public wireless base station WLAN profile association table, and sets the read WLAN profile as a scan profile. Then, the mobile phone terminal scans the wireless LAN access point with the set WLAN profile when the mobile phone terminal is out of the WLAN service area. | 09-17-2009 |
20090247158 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO RECORDING MEDIUM - A radio communication method for a radio communication device having a first communication unit and a second communication unit includes determining whether a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in a difficult state while the radio communication device is connected to the local-area radio network by the second communication unit, obtaining position information through the started first communication unit, reading out communication set information recorded with the obtained position information that records communication set information, and the position information obtained from the base station at a position connectable to the local-area radio network associated with the communication set information relating with each other, and detecting a connectable local-area radio network based on the read communication set information when the communication determination unit determines that a connection between the radio communication device and a local-area radio network is in the difficult state. | 10-01-2009 |
20100074138 | TELEPHONE APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a telephone apparatus for communicating with a different telephone apparatus via a network, including a telephone apparatus table in which first use type information indicating a type of use preset for the telephone apparatus is registered in association with telephone apparatus information identifying the telephone apparatus, a position table in which second use type information indicating the type of use preset for a position of the telephone apparatus is registered in association with the position, a position detection part detecting a present position of the telephone apparatus of concern, and a sensing part sensing an incoming call from the different telephone apparatus, a detection part detecting a telephone apparatus on a calling side when the sensing part senses the incoming call. | 03-25-2010 |
20100189087 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A mobile phone terminal receives current position information thereof from a public wireless base station, and stores the current position information. The mobile phone terminal reads a profile name corresponding to the position information from a public wireless base station-WLAN profile association table, and sets the WLAN profile as a scan profile. Then, the mobile phone terminal scans the WLAN profile when the mobile phone terminal is located outside the WLAN service area. | 07-29-2010 |
20110217956 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SCREEN INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus has a storage part to store a plurality of screen information, including incoming call screen information, a display part to display the screen information, and an output control part to output to an outside of the electronic apparatus arbitrary screen information that is to be output to the outside, of the screen information stored in the storage part, and to display the arbitrary screen information on the display part, when an external output function is set to an ON state. The output control part continues outputting the arbitrary screen information to the outside and displays on the display part the incoming screen information stored in the storage part, when an incoming call is received in a state where the external output function is set to the ON state. | 09-08-2011 |
20110279078 | Charging circuit and method, electronic device, and power supply unit - A charging circuit configured to charge a rechargeable battery includes an input unit configured to support forms of connection to an external power supply and to receive electric power supplied from the external power supply; a charge unit configured to supply the rechargeable battery with the electric power supplied from the input unit; a detection unit configured to detect the charge level of the rechargeable battery; and a charge control unit configured to control the charge unit so as to prevent the rechargeable battery from being supplied with the electric power supplied from the input unit supplied with the electric power from the external power supply through one of the forms of connection to the external power supply, in response to the charge level detected by the detection unit exceeding a threshold corresponding to the one of the forms of connection. | 11-17-2011 |
20110294504 | Radio communication device, radio communication method, and storage medium - A radio communication device includes a profile management unit configured to manage radio station profiles including identification information of radio stations and type information indicating whether the respective radio stations support voice communications; a receiving unit configured to receive a signal including the identification information from one of the radio stations; a first scanning unit configured to perform a scanning process on the radio stations supporting the voice communications to find a radio station to be connected; a second scanning unit configured to perform a scanning process on the radio stations not supporting the voice communications to find a radio station to be connected; and a scanning management unit configured to cause one or both of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit to perform the scanning process according to the type information of the one of the radio stations that corresponds to the identification information in the received signal. | 12-01-2011 |
20120184323 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A wireless communication device includes: a first wireless communication unit configured to receive a beacon signal when the first wireless communication unit is connected to a first wireless communication network; a second wireless communication unit configured to perform data communication through a second wireless communication network when the first wireless communication unit is not connected to the first wireless communication network; and a control unit configured to detect, from a signal from the first wireless communication network, a parameter concerning intervals at which the first wireless communication unit receives the beacon signal, and configured to perform control, based on the detected parameter, as to whether or not to disconnect connection to the first wireless communication network. | 07-19-2012 |
20130059570 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device receives information related to a push email service from a mail server, a calendar server, and a phone book server that provide the push email service via a wireless communication network. The mobile terminal device stores therein setting information that indicates whether the information related to the push email service is received at the time of the standby state. Furthermore, the mobile terminal device determines whether to shift the state of the mobile terminal device to a standby state. If the mobile terminal device determines that the mobile terminal device will shift its state to a standby state, the mobile terminal device transmits, on the basis of the stored setting information, a setting notification that instructs the stopping of the push email service to the mail server, the calendar server, and the phone book server. | 03-07-2013 |
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20120236045 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The disclosed method includes: detecting a case where at least both of a condition that a pointer representing a pointing destination by a pointing device is not displayed on one display device of a plurality of display devices and a condition that a window generated by a predetermined program is not displayed on the one display device are satisfied; and upon the detecting, lowering brightness of the one display device. Moreover, another method includes: first detecting a predetermined operation for an active window displayed on any display device; identifying a first display device on which the active window is displayed; second detecting that a pointer representing a pointing destination by a pointing device is not displayed on the first display device after a predetermined period elapsed since the first detecting; and upon the second detecting, carrying out a setting for lowering brightness of the first display device. | 09-20-2012 |
20120311578 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information terminal apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores information indicating a front operating system. The processor runs a first virtual machine that executes a first operating system. The processor runs a second virtual machine that executes a second operating system. The processor controls user interface of the information terminal apparatus by executing the front operating system. The processor detects, by referring to the information stored in the memory, that the front operating system is changed from the first operating system to the second operating system. The processor notifies, upon the detection, the first virtual machine of a first notification indicating that the user interface stops. The processor notifies, upon the detection, the second virtual machine of a second notification indicating that the user interface restarts. | 12-06-2012 |
20130322316 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus has a wireless communication unit and a control unit. The wireless communication unit is connected to a wireless communication network to perform wireless communication. The control unit waits for a stand-by state to be released, and executes stop processing of the wireless communication unit when movement from a service area to an out-of-service area in the wireless communication network has been detected during the stand-by state. Alternatively, the control unit waits for the stand-by state to be released, and executes stop processing of the wireless communication unit when a certain time period has elapsed after the transition to the stand-by state. For example, power supply to the wireless communication unit is stopped. | 12-05-2013 |
20140025860 | INFORMATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR SWITCHING SCREEN, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN SCREEN SWITCH PROGRAM - The information apparatus runs a first operating system and a second operating system in parallel with each other thereon and includes a monitor, a memory, and a switch. The memory stores first screen data generated by a first application operating on the first operating system and second screen data generated by a second application operating on the second operating system in association with each other. The switch switches, when screen data to be displayed on the monitor is to be switched from screen data generated by the first application to screen data generated by the second application and when screen data having been displayed on the monitor before the switching is the first screen data, the first screen data to the second screen data stored in the memory in association with the first screen data. | 01-23-2014 |
20140161011 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A communication apparatus includes a processor configured to access a server that assigns to the communication apparatus, identification information used to identify the communication apparatus in a network; and control to suspend an accessing of the server when a display state of a screen transitions from a displaying state to a not-displaying state, such that the accessing of the server is restarted when the display state of the screen transitions from the not-displaying state to the displaying state. | 06-12-2014 |
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20150065128 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a display configured to display an image; a processor configured to control the display; and a storage configured to store information processed by the processor. The processor, in each communication area of a base station that is communicable with the communication apparatus, upon connection to an access point enabling communication with the base station by a different communication method, correlates and stores to the storage as connection history information, a connection history of connection to the connected access point and the communication area, and when the display is caused to transition from a non-displaying state to a displaying state, scans the access point corresponding to the communication area, based on the connection history information. | 03-05-2015 |
20150078367 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communications device includes a processor configured to detect a wirelessly communicating base station, using a given interval; determine whether identification information of the detected base station matches identification information of a base station detected last time; and set the given interval to a second interval upon determining that the identification information of the detected base station and the identification information of the base station detected last time match. The second interval is longer than a first interval that is set upon determining that the identification information of the detected base station and the identification information of the base station detected last time do not match. | 03-19-2015 |
20150257062 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A mobile terminal apparatus includes first communications circuitry that connects to a network through an access point; a storage device storing connection history information that includes entries associating area identification information that identifies a communication area of a base station to which second communications circuitry connects, network identification information that identifies the network, and access point identification information that identifies an access point that connected to the network in the communication area; and a processor that when in a communication area of a first base station identified by first area identification information, the first communications circuitry is connected to a first network identified by first network identification information, determines whether an entry that includes the first area identification information and the first network identification information together with different access point identification information has been retrieved from the connection history information and based on this determination, controls the first communications circuitry. | 09-10-2015 |
20150257108 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A mobile terminal device, when detecting that a display state of a screen transitions from non-display to display, starts a scanning operation of searching for an access point. If an access point of the same access point identification information is found successively a given number of times N, the mobile terminal device suspends the scanning operation of searching for an access point. If movement of the mobile terminal device is detected subsequent to suspending the scanning operation of searching for the access point, the mobile terminal device resumes the scanning operation for the access point. | 09-10-2015 |
20150358980 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication apparatus includes a radio interface and a processor. The radio interface performs a search for an access point. When a signal level of a signal received from an access point detected by the search is greater than a first threshold, the processor allows a connection to the access point. When the signal level of the signal received from the access point is less than or equal to the first threshold, the processor determines an interval to the next search in accordance with whether the signal level is greater than a second threshold that is less than the first threshold. | 12-10-2015 |