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Communication apparatus and communication system

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorMitsuru Nakamura

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Abstract

A communication apparatus includes: a first type communication unit configured to perform communication with a portable device in a near field communication mode; a display unit; and a control device configured to perform: a receiving process of receiving a radio wave for connection with the portable device in the near field communication mode, from the portable device through the first type communication unit; and a display process of controlling the display unit to display a notice for prompting a user to perform operation for permitting the portable device to transmit information to the communication apparatus in the near field communication mode, in response to receipt of the radio wave in the receiving process.

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Dependent claims

A communication system comprising:

a first apparatus, comprising:
a first communication interface configured to communicate when the first apparatus is in a first wireless communication mode;
a first display;
a first user interface;
and
a first controller configured to:
establish a first wireless communication connection in response to receipt of a first radio wave by the first communication interface;
after establishing the first wireless communication connection, control the first display of the first apparatus to display a first notice prompting a user to input a specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit information via the first wireless communication connection, wherein the information is used for switching to a second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection;
receive the specific operation input by the user through the first user interface;
and
in response to receipt, when the first notice prompting the user to input the specific operation is displayed, of the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information to be used for switching to the second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection, transmit the information via the first wireless communication connection;
and
a second apparatus, comprising:
a second communication interface configured to communicate with the first apparatus when the second apparatus is in the first wireless communication mode;
a second display;
and
a second controller configured to:
establish the first wireless communication connection in response to receipt of a second radio wave from the first apparatus by the second communication interface;
after establishing the first wireless communication connection and while the first controller of the first apparatus is controlling the first display of the first apparatus to display the first notice prompting the user to input the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information, to be used for switching to the second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection, via the first wireless communication connection, control the second display of the second apparatus to display a second notice prompting the user to perform the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information to the second apparatus via the first wireless communication connection;
receive the information transmitted from the first apparatus via the first wireless communication connection;
and
in response to receipt of the information:
control the second display to stop displaying the second notice;
and
switch the second apparatus from the first wireless communication mode to a second wireless communication mode in which the second apparatus communicates with the first apparatus based on the information via the second wireless communication connection whose communication speed is higher than that of the first wireless communication connection.

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Application: 16/260,354Filed 29 Jan 2019 · continuation
Priority: JP 2012-27447317 Dec 2012
Published: US 2019/0158687 A123 May 2019
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 1/00315
With a telecommunication apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, a selective call…
G06F 3/1203
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management

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Application14/036,096Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Sep 2013
US 2019/0158687 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 May 2019
US 10,200,549 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0168681 A1Published application
US 10,477,042 B2This patent

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Abstract

A communication system comprising:

a first apparatus, comprising:
a first communication interface configured to communicate when the first apparatus is in a first wireless communication mode;
a first display;
a first user interface;
and
a first controller configured to:
establish a first wireless communication connection in response to receipt of a first radio wave by the first communication interface;
after establishing the first wireless communication connection, control the first display of the first apparatus to display a first notice prompting a user to input a specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit information via the first wireless communication connection, wherein the information is used for switching to a second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection;
receive the specific operation input by the user through the first user interface;
and
in response to receipt, when the first notice prompting the user to input the specific operation is displayed, of the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information to be used for switching to the second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection, transmit the information via the first wireless communication connection;
and
a second apparatus, comprising:
a second communication interface configured to communicate with the first apparatus when the second apparatus is in the first wireless communication mode;
a second display;
and
a second controller configured to:
establish the first wireless communication connection in response to receipt of a second radio wave from the first apparatus by the second communication interface;
after establishing the first wireless communication connection and while the first controller of the first apparatus is controlling the first display of the first apparatus to display the first notice prompting the user to input the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information, to be used for switching to the second wireless communication connection from the first wireless communication connection, via the first wireless communication connection, control the second display of the second apparatus to display a second notice prompting the user to perform the specific operation on the first apparatus for permitting the first apparatus to transmit the information to the second apparatus via the first wireless communication connection;
receive the information transmitted from the first apparatus via the first wireless communication connection;
and
in response to receipt of the information:
control the second display to stop displaying the second notice;
and
switch the second apparatus from the first wireless communication mode to a second wireless communication mode in which the second apparatus communicates with the first apparatus based on the information via the second wireless communication connection whose communication speed is higher than that of the first wireless communication connection.

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Facts

Application

16/260,354Filed 29 Jan 2019 · continuation

Priority

JP 2012-27447317 Dec 2012

Published

US 2019/0158687 A123 May 2019

Granted

12 Nov 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

H04N 1/00315
With a telecommunication apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, a selective call…
G06F 3/1203
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management

Family

Application14/036,096Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Sep 2013

US 2019/0158687 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 May 2019

US 10,200,549 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2014/0168681 A1Published application

US 10,477,042 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.