Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080288672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SERVER APPARATUS - An information processing system includes an information terminal, and a server apparatus connected with the information terminal in a data communicable manner. The server apparatus includes a screen data generation unit configured to generate screen data of a screen to be displayed on an operation screen of the information terminal in response to one of data transmitted from the information terminal and internal processing of the server apparatus and to transmit the screen data to the information terminal. The information terminal includes an operation input unit configured to perform an operation input regarding the information terminal, an operation screen control unit configured to update display content on the operation screen of the information terminal on the basis of the screen data to be transmitted from the server apparatus, and a storage unit configured to store the display content displayed on the operation screen in response to a first operation input. | 11-20-2008 |
20100189012 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONNECTION SETUP METHOD FOR USE IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication terminal comprises a trigger reception section, a join request reception section, and a connection setup section. The trigger reception section receives a predetermined trigger. The join request reception section receives a join request to a wireless network by wireless communication from an external terminal which doesn't join the wireless network of the wireless communication terminal. The connection setup section which performs connection setup to join the wireless network for each join request received by the join request reception section from a plurality of external terminals during a reception period corresponding to one trigger received by the trigger reception section, and doesn't perform the connection setup for the join request received from the external terminal after expiration of the reception period. | 07-29-2010 |
20100260069 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONNECTION SETUP METHOD OF WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless communication terminal comprises a trigger receiving unit, a participation request receiving unit, and a connection setup unit. The trigger receiving unit receives a predetermined trigger. The participation request receiving unit receives requests to participate in a wireless network from an external terminal which does not participate in the wireless network in which the wireless communication terminal has participated, using wireless communication. The connection setup unit makes each of participation requests received by the participation request receiving unit from a plurality of external terminals correspond to one trigger received by the trigger receiving unit. The connection setup unit performs a connection setup which makes each of the plurality of external terminals participate in the wireless network in response to each of the participation requests, in the order in which the participation requests are received. | 10-14-2010 |
20110058536 | WIRELESS NETWORK SELECTION APPARATUS - A wireless network selection apparatus comprises a storage unit, a transmitting unit, a first receiving unit, and a second receiving unit. The storage unit stores first connection setting information to join a first wireless network and second connection setting information to join a second wireless network which is different from the first wireless network. The transmitting unit transmits the first connection setting information or the second connection setting information to an external communication terminal. The first receiving unit receives a request to transmit the first connection setting information transmitted from the transmitting unit. The second receiving unit is provided in the same housing as that in which the first receiving unit is provided and receives a request to transmit the second connection setting information transmitted from the transmitting unit. | 03-10-2011 |
20110078609 | SERVICE USING DEVICE - A service using device operates as a UPnP control point using a service provided by a UPnP device. The service using device includes a service registration unit, a storage unit, a trigger reception unit, a message transmission unit, and a processing unit. The service registration unit registers the service. The storage unit stores information indicating whether the registered service is in use. The trigger reception unit receives a switching trigger related to switching of the service use. The message transmission unit transmits an acknowledgement message for checking whether a service stored as a service not in use is valid to a network when the trigger reception unit receives the switching trigger. The processing unit performs processing based on a response to the acknowledgement message. | 03-31-2011 |
20110244897 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication terminal includes a tentative determination unit for tentatively determining a role of a display terminal, a transmission unit for transmitting wireless data including information indicating the result of the tentative determination and first information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of the wireless communication terminal, a receiving unit for receiving response data including information indicating a terminal as a display terminal and second information on presence or absence of a display unit and an input unit of a wireless communication terminal having received the wireless data, and a determination unit for determining the role of the display terminal based on the information indicating a terminal as the display terminal and the second information. | 10-06-2011 |
20120106449 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a recognition unit that recognizes terminals that are located in its own vicinity and that are capable of performing wireless communication, an authentication unit that performs authentication at a data link level for the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, a communication unit that receives authentication requests from the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, and performs data communication with the recognized terminals, a selection unit that selects any one of the recognized terminals that are capable of performing wireless communication, and an authentication control unit that, if the authentication request is received from a terminal that has not been recognized, causes the authentication unit to perform the authentication for the selected terminal, and at the same time prohibits the authentication unit from performing the authentication for terminals other than the selected terminal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120227090 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a trigger receiving unit that receives a trigger for starting first setup process in a state in which the wireless communication terminal does not participate in wireless network, a transmitting unit that transmits an acquisition request of setup information representing a participation setup process performed by another wireless communication terminal after receiving the trigger, a receiving unit that receives a response including the setup information transmitted from the other wireless communication terminal receiving the acquisition request, and a control unit that performs control such that the transmitting unit transmits error information representing that wireless communication terminals performing the first setup process are detected to the wireless communication terminals, and performs control such that the participation setup process performed by its own wireless communication terminal is set as second setup process when responses including the setup information representing the first setup process are received. | 09-06-2012 |
20130039356 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a storage unit that stores an identifier of the proxy terminal in the wireless network, a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with another wireless communication terminal, an event receiving unit that receives a predetermined event, a processing unit that starts a participation setup process of causing the non-participating terminal that has wirelessly transmitted a participation setup process request for the wireless network to participate in the wireless network when a participation request for the wireless network and the participation setup process request for the wireless network are received after the event is received by the event receiving unit, and a control unit that causes the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the event request of requesting the proxy terminal corresponding to the identifier stored in the storage unit to receive the event when a new participation request is received during a time. | 02-14-2013 |
20140129673 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE DEVICE - A wireless communication terminal includes a network-constructing unit, a receiving unit that receives a participation request from a first terminal that is not participating in the wireless network, an estimating unit that estimates whether or not the first terminal is to perform wireless communication of streaming data used for streaming of content based on information received from the first terminal, a storage unit that stores the first terminal as a specific terminal when the first terminal is estimated to perform the wireless communication of the streaming data, a communication release unit that performs a process of releasing wireless communication with a second terminal that is participating in the wireless network when the first terminal is estimated to perform the wireless communication of the streaming data, and a wireless communication unit that performs the wireless communication of the streaming data with the specific terminal after the wireless communication with the second terminal is released. | 05-08-2014 |
20140342771 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONSTRUCTION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK PARTICIPATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication network construction terminal includes: a vibration generating module configured to generate vibration; a wireless communicator; a construction unit configured to construct a wireless communication network; a selector configured to select one of a plurality of wireless communication protocols; a vibration controller configured to cause the vibration generating module to generate vibration indicating a wireless communication protocol selected by the selector; and a communication controller configured, when a communication connection request message corresponding to the wireless communication protocol selected by the selector is wirelessly received by the wireless communicator after an operation in accordance with the wireless communication protocol selected by the selector is started, to cause the wireless communicator to wirelessly transmit a message of permitting a communication connection request to a wireless communication network participation terminal that has wirelessly transmitted the communication connection request message. | 11-20-2014 |