US 2014/0349577 A1Published application

Communication Device and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorMunehisa Matsuda

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Abstract

A communication device may include an NFC interface configured to perform communication by using a NFC system and a controller. The controller may include a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions may instruct the communication device to determine whether a state is a first state, set an operation mode to a CE mode when it is determined that the state is the first state, transmit data to one external device when the operation mode is set to the CE mode when the state of the device is the first state. Additionally or alternatively, the communication device may further be caused to set the operation mode to a first mode when it is determined that the state is not the first state, and communicate communication target data with another external device when the operation mode is set in a specified mode.

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Dependent claims

A communication device comprising:

a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface configured to perform communication by using an NFC system compliant with an NFC standard;
and
a controller comprising:
a processor;
and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to perform:
determining whether a state of the communication device is a first state in which data pre-stored in the communication device is transmitted to an external destination;
setting an operation mode of the communication device to a Card Emulation (CE) mode of the NFC standard in a case where the state of the communication device is determined to be the first state;
transmitting the pre-stored data to a first external device by using a first type of communication link in a case where the first type of communication link is established between the communication device and the first external device in a state where the operation mode of the communication device is set to the CE mode, the first type of communication link configured to communicate data using the NFC interface when the communication device operates in the CE mode and the first external device operates in a Reader mode of the NEC standard;
setting the operation mode of the communication device to a first mode of the NFC standard that differs from the CE mode in a case where the state of the communication device is determined not to be the first state;
and
communicating communication target data, different from the pre-stored data, with a second external device using a second type of communication link in a case where the second type of communication link is established between the communication device and the second external device in a state where the operation mode of the communication device is set to the first mode, the second type of communication link configured to communicate data using the NFC interface when the communication device operates in the first mode and the second external device operates in a second mode of the NEC standard.

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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of a communication device, causing the communication device to perform:

determining whether a state of the communication device is a first state in which data pre-stored in the communication device is transmitted to an external destination;
setting an operation mode of the communication device to a Card Emulation (CE) mode of a Near Field Communication (NFC) standard in a case where the state of the communication device is determined to be the first state;
transmitting the pre-stored data to a first external device by using a first type of communication link in a case where the first type of communication link is established between the communication device and the first external device in a state where the operation mode of the communication device is set to the CE mode, the first type of communication link configured to communicate data using a NFC interface of the communication device when the communication device operates in the CE mode and the first external device operates in a Reader mode of the NEC standard;
setting the operation mode of the communication device to a first mode of the NFC standard that differs from the CE mode in a case where the state of the communication device is determined not to be the first state;
and
communicating communication target data that differs from the pre-stored data with a second external device by using a second type of communication link in a case where the second type of communication link is established between the communication device and the second external device in a state where the operation mode of the communication device is set to the first mode, the second type of communication link configured to communicate data using the NFC interface when the communication device operates in the first mode and the second external device operates in a second mode of the NEC standard.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.