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US 8,028,111 B2Granted
Radio communication apparatus, communication control method, and computer-readable program
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorMasato Takahashi
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Abstract
A radio communication apparatus configured to perform radio communication according to a first radio communication protocol includes an identification information memory unit configured to store first identification information identifying a host apparatus and second identification information identifying the host apparatus based on a second radio communication protocol, the first and second identification information being associated with each other; an identification information reception unit; an identification information acquisition unit; and a connection request transmission unit.
Claims18
A radio communication apparatus configured to perform radio communication according to a first radio communication protocol, the radio communication apparatus comprising:
- an identification information memory unit configured to store first identification information identifying each of a plurality of host apparatuses being connected to the radio communication apparatus as a host and second identification information identifying the each of the host apparatuses based on a second radio communication protocol, the first and second identification information being associated with each other, and obtained by an association process between the radio communication apparatus and the host apparatus before the radio communication according to the first radio communication protocol;
- an identification information reception unit configured to perform the radio communication with the plurality of host apparatuses according to the second radio communication protocol and to receive the second identification information of the plurality of host apparatuses;
- a device switching unit configured to switch a setting state associated with first identification information of one of the plurality of host apparatuses to be connected among the plurality of host apparatuses;
- an identification information acquisition unit configured to refer to the identification information memory unit and to acquire the first identification information associated with a second identification information of the one of the host apparatuses received by the identification information reception unit, the identification information acquisition unit being configured to acquire first identification information of another one of the plurality of host apparatuses associated with a present setting state of the device switching unit when the identification information acquisition unit cannot acquire the first identification information associated with the second identification information of the one of the host apparatuses from the identification information memory unit;
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- a connection request transmission unit configured to transmit a connection request to the host apparatus corresponding to the first identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit, the connection request used for establishing a radio link according to the first radio communication protocol,
- wherein the radio communication apparatus is a storage device as a device terminal.
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A communication control method of a radio communication apparatus performing radio communication according to a first radio communication protocol, the communication control method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving second identification information of one of a plurality of host apparatuses based on the radio communication with the host apparatus according to a second radio communication protocol;
- (b) acquiring first identification information associated with the second identification information of the one of the plurality of host apparatuses received in step (a) by referring to an identification information memory unit configured to store the first identification information identifying each of the plurality of host apparatuses being connected to the radio communication apparatus as a host, and the second identification information identifying each of the plurality of host apparatuses based on the second radio communication protocol, the first and second identification information being associated with each other, and obtained by an association process between the radio communication apparatus and the host apparatus before the radio communication according to the first radio communication protocol;
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- (c) transmitting a connection request to the host apparatus corresponding to the first identification information acquired in step (b) for establishing a radio link according to the first radio communication protocol,
- wherein the method further comprising:
- (d) acquiring first identification information of another one of the plurality of host apparatuses associated with a setting of a device switching unit provided to the radio communication apparatus for setting state associated with first identification information of particular one of the plurality of host apparatuses when the step (b) cannot acquire the first identification information associated with the second identification information of the one of the plurality of host apparatuses from the identification information memory unit;
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- wherein the radio communication apparatus is a storage device as a device terminal.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions executable by a computer to execute a computer-readable program which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform a radio communication process between a host apparatus and radio communication devices according to a first radio communication protocol, said radio communication process comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving second identification information of one of a plurality of host apparatuses by the radio communication devices based on the radio communication with the host apparatus according to a second radio communication protocol;
- (b) acquiring first identification information associated with the second identification information of the one of the plurality of host apparatuses received in step (a) by referring to an identification information memory unit configured to store the first identification information identifying each of the plurality of host apparatuses being connected with the radio communication devices as a host, and the second identification information identifying the each of the plurality of host apparatuses based on the second radio communication protocol, the first and second identification information being associated with each other, and obtained by an association process between the radio communication devices and the host apparatus before the radio communication according to the first radio communication protocol;
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- (c) transmitting a connection request to the host apparatus corresponding to the first identification information acquired in step (b) for establishing a radio link according to the first radio communication protocol,
- wherein the method further comprising:
- (d) acquiring first identification information of another one of the plurality of host apparatuses associated with a setting state of a device switching unit provided to the radio communication apparatus for switching the setting state associated with first identification information of particular one of the plurality of host apparatuses, when the step (b) cannot acquire the first identification information associated with the second identification information of the one of the plurality of host apparatuses from the identification information memory unit;
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- wherein the radio communication devices are storage devices as device terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.