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Communication device and management method for identification information item using communication device

AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

InventorsKazuhiro Kuroyama, Kazunori Kurimoto, Masao Nonaka, Michihiro Matsumoto

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Abstract

In a case where an identification information item determination section (411) determines that a first identification information item indicates a non-replacement part, a first backup section (412) backs up the first identification information item in a backup memory (420). In a case where a confirmation section (413) determines that the first identification information item is not backed up in the backup memory (420), a second backup section (414) backs up the first identification information item in the backup memory (420). In a case where the confirmation section (413) determines that the first identification information item is backed up in the backup memory (420), a storage process section (415) updates the first identification information item stored in a communication section-side memory (430) with a second identification information item stored in the backup memory (420).

Claims8

Dependent claims

A communication device comprising:

a detachable control section;
and
a detachable communication section, wherein
the communication section includes a communication section-side memory that stores an identification information item for identifying the communication device, and
the control section includes:
a backup memory;
an identification information item determination section that reads the identification information item from the communication section-side memory at a time of activation, and determines whether the read identification information item indicates that the communication section is a non-replacement part or that the communication section is a replacement part;
a first backup section that backs up the identification information item in the backup memory in a case where the identification information item determination section determines that the identification information item indicates the non-replacement part;
a confirmation section that confirms whether or not the identification information item is backed up in the backup memory in a case where the identification information item determination section determines that the identification information item indicates the replacement part;
a second backup section that backs up the identification information item in the backup memory in a case where the confirmation section determines that the identification information item is not backed up in the backup memory;
and
a storage process section that updates the identification information item stored in the communication section-side memory with the identification information item backed up in the backup memory in a case where the confirmation section determines that the identification information item is backed up in the backup memory.

9 more elements

A management method for an identification information item using a communication device including a detachable control section and a detachable communication section, the control section including a backup memory, and the communication section including a communication section-side memory that stores the identification information item for identifying the communication device, the management method comprising:

an identification information item determination step in which the identification information item is read from the communication section-side memory at a time of activation, and the control section determines whether the read identification information item indicates that the communication section is a non-replacement part or that the communication section is a replacement part;
a first backup step in which the control section backs up the identification information item in the backup memory in a case where it is determined that the identification information item indicates the non-replacement part in the identification information item determination step;
a confirmation step in which the control section confirms whether or not the identification information item is backed up in the backup memory in a case where it is determined that the identification information item indicates the replacement part in the identification information item determination step;
a second backup step in which the control section backs up the identification information item in the backup memory in a case where it is determined that the identification information item is not backed up in the backup memory in the confirmation step;
and
a storage process step in which the control section updates the identification information item stored in the communication section-side memory with the identification information item backed up in the backup memory in a case where it is determined that the identification information item is backed up in the backup memory in the confirmation step.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/349,861Filed 5 Aug 2013
Priority: JP 2012-1774529 Aug 2012
Published: US 2014/0250284 A14 Sep 2014
Granted: 15 Mar 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06F 11/1458
Point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data: management of the backup or restore process
G06F 11/006
Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring: identification
G06F 11/1446
Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in operations: point-in-time backing up or restoration of persistent data
G06F 13/00
Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output