US 7,116,438 B2 · Terminal for information processing

Abstract

An electronic notice-board system for allowing information to be contributed to an electronic notice board. A first short-distance communication device carries out communication with the mobile terminal located in a predetermined communication range and a second communication device exchanges data with the mobile terminal after the user of the mobile terminal has been authenticated. Similarly, the mobile terminal also has a short-distance communication device for carrying out communication with the electronic notice board located in a predetermined communication range and a second communication device for exchanging data with the electronic notice board after the user of the mobile terminal has been authenticated. Since users of the electronic notice board must be close by, it is possible to avoid improper use of the electronic notice board by any user located a long distance away from the electronic notice board.

Claims7

Dependent claims

An information-processing terminal comprising:

an input unit for receiving an input entered by a user;
a first short-distance communication unit for carrying out a short-distance communication with a display apparatus;
and
a second communication unit for carrying out a communication with said display apparatus through a network;
wherein
said first short-distance communication unit using said input, carries out an authentication process for allowance to use said display apparatus;
said second communication unit carries out data exchange with said display apparatus if said authentication process is affirmed;
and
said second communication unit does not carry out data exchange with said display apparatus if said authentication process is not affirmed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Terminal for information processing

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Terminal for information processing

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Abstract

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