# US 2010/0167651 A1 · Information processing device, information processing system, and method of controlling information processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0167651 A1 - Document ID: US20100167651A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/646,687 - Filed: 2009-12-23 - Published: 2010-07-01 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-26 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Kenji Sakuda; Yoshinao Kitahara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100167651A1 ## CPC - H04W 76/36: for reassigning the resources associated with the released connections - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An information processing device is provided, which includes: a first wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a second wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a data processing unit which executes processing of data input from at least one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit; and a control unit that, when any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit is connected with an electronic equipment, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected in accordance with the execution of the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, releases the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and executes connection of any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing device, comprising: a first wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a second wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data; a data processing unit that executes processing of data input from at least one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit; and a control unit that, when any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit is connected with an electronic equipment, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected in accordance with the execution of the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, releases the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and executes connection of any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit transmits an execution state of the data processing unit to an electronic equipment which has requested connection after the connection is requested from the electronic equipment that is not connected when any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit is connected with an electronic equipment, and raises connection priority of the electronic equipment which has requested the connection when a connection release command is received from the electronic equipment which has requested the connection, and then releases the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and the connection with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection, and also executes reconnection with the electronic equipment having high connection priority. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when an electronic equipment is connected to the first wireless USB unit, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected via the second wireless USB unit to execute the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, the control unit releases the connection with the electronic equipment connected to the first wireless USB unit, and also executes the connection of the first wireless USB unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the data processing unit serves as one or more of a print processing unit that prints image data to a print medium, an image reading processing unit that reads a document medium to generate image data, and a data storage processing unit that stores data in a storage medium. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when a lock command has been received at the time of the connection request from the electronic equipment, the control unit makes connection with the electronic equipment in a lock state where connection is not released by a connection request from other electronic equipment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) An information processing system, comprising: the information processing device according to claim 2 capable of executing data processing; and an electronic equipment including a transmission control unit that transmits a connection request to the information processing device at the time of executing data processing, and then receives an execution state of the data processing unit from the information processing device, and when the received execution state is a state where the data processing is not executed, transmits a command for raising self-connection priority and a connection release command for releasing the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected, to the information processing device. ### Claim 7 A method of controlling an information processing device including a first wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data, a second wireless USB unit capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data, and a data processing unit that executes processing of data input from at least one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit, the method comprising: when any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit is connected with an electronic equipment, connection is requested from an electronic equipment which is not connected in accordance with the execution of the data processing, and the data processing is not executed by the electronic equipment which is connected, releasing the connection with the electronic equipment which is connected and executing connection of any one of the first wireless USB unit and the second wireless USB unit with the electronic equipment which has requested the connection.