# US 10,484,914 B2 · Communication apparatus, communication system, notification method, and program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,484,914 B2 - Document ID: US10484914B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/047,664 - Filed: 2018-07-27 - Published: 2018-11-22 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2008-07-14 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Kazuo Takada; Isao Soma; Seiji Kuroda; Yasuharu Ishikawa; Yoshihiro Yoneda; Naoki Miyabayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484914B2 ## CPC - H04W 36/0016: {Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions} - H04M 1/72484: wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 36/0038: {of security context information} - H04W 68/02: Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel - H04L 63/18: {using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215)} - H04W 12/63: Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent - H04W 12/65: Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract There is provided a communication apparatus including: a first communication unit having a first communication range; a second communication unit having a second communication range wider than the first communication range; a control unit which transmits a request signal for starting communication via the second communication unit from the first communication unit to another communication apparatus, and transmits authentication information from the second communication unit to the another communication apparatus in the case where it is determined that communication with the another communication apparatus via the second communication unit is possible based on a response signal after the first communication unit receives the response signal in response to the request signal; and a notification unit which notifies a user after the second communication unit receives a result of authentication based on the authentication information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication apparatus, comprising: a circuitry configured to: transmit, using a first communication method, a response message including information indicating at least a second communication method to an information processing apparatus, in response to a request message from the information processing apparatus, wherein the second communication method is different from the first communication method; make a notification; and exchange data directly with the information processing apparatus, using the second communication method. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication method has a communication range smaller than the second communication method. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first communication method has the communication range within a distance of approximately 10 cm. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first communication method is a non-contact communication method. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The communication apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first communication method includes a near field communication method. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second communication method includes a bluetooth method. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second communication method includes a wireless LAN method. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes a sound. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification includes a vibration or light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to make the notification after a handover operation between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus is performed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to make the notification after the communication apparatus starts to connect with the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to make the notification before the communication apparatus exchanges data with the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 13 A communication apparatus, comprising: a first communication unit configured to transmit, using a first communication method, a response message including information indicating at least a second communication method to an information processing apparatus, in response to a request message from the information processing apparatus, wherein the second communication method is different from the first communication method; a notification unit configured to make a notification; and a second communication unit configured to exchange data directly with the information processing apparatus, using the second communication method. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first communication method has a communication range smaller than the second communication method. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The communication apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first communication method has the communication range within a distance of approximately 10 cm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first communication method is a non-contact communication method. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The communication apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the first communication method includes a near field communication method. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second communication method includes a bluetooth method. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the second communication method includes a wireless LAN method. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the notification unit is configured to make a sound notification. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the notification unit is configured to make a vibration notification or a light notification. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the notification unit is configured to make the notification after a handover operation between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus is performed. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the notification unit is configured to make the notification after the communication apparatus starts to connect with the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the notification unit is configured to make the notification before the communication apparatus exchanges data with the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 25 A method, comprising: transmitting, by a first communication unit using a first communication method, a response message including information indicating at least a second communication method to an information processing apparatus, in response to a request message from the information processing apparatus, wherein the second communication method is different from the first communication method; making a notification by a notification unit, exchanging data, by a second communication unit, directly with the information processing apparatus, using the second communication method. ### Claim 26 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, are configured to: transmit, by a first communication unit using a first communication method, a response message including information indicating at least a second communication method to an information processing apparatus, in response to a request message from the information processing apparatus, wherein the second communication method is different from the first communication method; make a notification by a notification unit; exchange data, by a second communication unit, directly with the information processing apparatus, using the second communication method.