Communication method, system, and device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorSHIGEKI MATSUNAGA
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Abstract
A communication method is a communication method for communicating between first device and second device over one of first network and second network, and includes transmitting a common identifier from the first device to the second device over one of the first network and the second network, the common identifier being for uniquely specifying the first device in both the first network and the second network, receiving the common identifier at the second device, and communicating between the first device and the second device over one of the first network and the second network.
Claims13
A communication method for communicating between a first device and a second device over one of a first network and a second network, the communication method comprising:
- transmitting a common identifier from the first device to the second device over one of the first network and the second network, the common identifier being for uniquely specifying the first device in both the first network and the second network with different methods for specifying the first device;
- receiving the common identifier at the second device;
- and
- communicating between the first device and the second device over one of the first network and the second network,
- wherein in the communicating,
- whether communication between the first device and the second device over the first network is possible is determined,
- when communication between the first device and the second device over the first network is determined to be possible, the first device is specified in the first network by using the received common identifier, and communication between the specified first device and the second device is performed over the first network, and
- when communication between the first device and the second device over the first network is determined to be not possible, the first device is specified in the second network by using the received common identifier, and communication between the specified first device and the second device is performed over the second network.
A communication system comprising:
- a first device;
- and
- a second device for communicating with the first device over one of a first network and a second network,
- wherein the first device transmits a common identifier to the second device over one of the first network and the second network, the common identifier being for uniquely specifying the first device in both the first network and the second network with different methods for specifying the first device, and
- wherein the second device
- receives the common identifier,
- determines whether communication with the first device over the first network is possible,
- when it is determined that communication with the first device over the first network is possible, specifies the first device in the first network by using the received common identifier, and communicates with the specified first device over the first network, and
- when it is determined that communication with the first device over the first network is not possible, specifies the first device in the second network by using the received common identifier, and communicates with the specified first device over the second network.
A communication device for communicating with a counterpart device over one of a first network and a second network, the communication device comprising a controller for transmitting a common identifier to the counterpart device over one of the first network and the second network, the common identifier being for uniquely specifying the communication device in both the first network and the second network with different methods for specifying the communication device,
- wherein the controller
- communicates, over the first network, with the counterpart device specifying the communication device in the first network by using the common identifier, when communication with the counterpart device over the first network is determined to be possible, and
- communicates, over the second network, with the counterpart device specifying the communication device in the second network by using the common identifier, when communication with the counterpart device over the first network is determined to be not possible.
A communication device for communicating with a counterpart device over one of a first network and a second network, the communication device comprising a controller for receiving a common identifier from the counterpart device over one of the first network and the second network, the common identifier being for uniquely specifying the counterpart device in both the first network and the second network with different methods for specifying the counterpart device,
- wherein the controller
- determines whether communication with the counterpart device over the first network is possible,
- when communication with the counterpart device over the first network is determined to be possible, specifies the counterpart device in the first network by using the received common identifier, and communicates with the specified counterpart device over the first network, and
- when communication with the counterpart device over the first network is determined to be not possible, specifies the counterpart device in the second network by using the received common identifier, and communicates with the specified counterpart device over the second network.
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