Wireless communication apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKazunori Aoyagi
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Abstract
This invention relates to a wireless communication apparatus including a discovery unit which discovers the completion of connection with another wireless communication apparatus, a mode setup unit which sets up a mode which defines processing for a signal for performing communication with the wireless communication apparatus from a wireless communication apparatus except for another wireless communication apparatus, and a shift unit which shifts to the mode set up by the mode setup unit when the discovery unit discovers the completion of connection.
Claims21
A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
- a unit configured to set up a first mode where the wireless communication apparatus is connectable with at least a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and accepts a connection request from the first wireless communication device;
- a unit configured to establish a connection with the first wireless communication device;
- a unit configured to discover a completion of the connection with the first wireless communication device;
- a unit configured to set up a second mode where, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the wireless communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication device with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device;
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- a unit configured to shift from the first mode to the second mode when said discovering unit discovers the completion of the connection.
A communication method in a wireless communication apparatus, comprising:
- setting up a first mode where the wireless communication apparatus is connectable with at least a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device and accepts a connection request from the first wireless communication device;
- establishing a connection with the first wireless communication device;
- discovering a completion of the connection with the wireless communication apparatus;
- setting up a second mode where, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the wireless communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication device with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device;
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- shifting from the first mode to the second mode after the completion of the connection.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a unit configured to establish a connection with a first wireless communication apparatus in a first mode;
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- a unit configured to control a connection from a second wireless communication apparatus when the connection with the first wireless communication apparatus is established, wherein the control unit sets up a second mode in which, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication apparatus with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device.
A communication method in a communication apparatus, comprising:
- establishing a connection with a first wireless communication apparatus in a first mode;
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- controlling a connection from a second wireless communication apparatus when the connection with the first wireless communication apparatus is established, wherein controlling includes setting up a second mode in which, in a state where the connection with the first wireless communication device is established, the communication apparatus is inhibited from establishing a connection with the second wireless communication apparatus with respect to a connection request from the second wireless communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.