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US 9,779,036 B2Granted
Communication device, information processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Sueyoshi, Tsutomu Nakatsuru
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Abstract
A device may include a control unit to control determination of a processing mode of at least two processing modes and in which an application is executed. The at least two processing modes may include a first processing mode in which the application is executed based on first identification information directly indicating the application and a second processing mode in which the application is executed based on second identification information indirectly indicating the application, where the first identification information and the second identification information are transmitted from an external device through a communication channel.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- a control unit to control determination of a processing mode of at least two processing modes and in which an application is executed;
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- a communication unit to conduct near field communication (NFC),
- wherein the at least two processing modes include a first processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on first identification information which directly identifies the application and a second processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on second identification information which identifies a type of device,
- wherein the communication unit is configured to receive, through a communication channel by way of near field communication (NFC), the first identification information and the second identification information transmitted from an external device, and
- wherein the control unit is configured (i) to determine whether common information is included in control information received from the external device, and (ii) when a determination result thereof indicates that the common information is included in the received control information, to establish another communication channel which is different from the communication channel,
- in which the common information includes environmental information, said environmental information comprising an indication of whether or not communication via the another communication channel is established between the device and the external device.
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A communication method comprising:
- controlling, by a processing unit, determination of a processing mode of at least two processing modes and in which an application is executed by a device,
- wherein the at least two processing modes include a first processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on first identification information which directly identifies the application and a second processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on second identification information which identifies a type of device, and
- wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are received from an external device through a communication channel by way of near field communication (NFC),
- said method further comprising
- determining, by use of the processing unit, whether common information is included in control information received from the external device, and
- when a determination result thereof indicates that the common information is included in the received control information, establishing by use of the processing unit another communication channel which is different from the communication channel,
- in which the common information includes environmental information, said environmental information comprising an indication of whether or not communication via the another communication channel is established between the device and the external device.
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A non-transitory recording medium on which is recorded a program executable by a computer, the program comprising:
- controlling determination of a processing mode of at least two processing modes and in which an application is executed by a device,
- wherein the at least two processing modes include a first processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on first identification information which directly identifies the application and a second processing mode in which the application to be executed by the device is identified based on second identification information which identifies a type of device, and
- wherein the first identification information and the second identification information are received from an external device through a communication channel by way of near field communication (NFC),
- said program further comprising
- determining whether common information is included in control information received from the external device, and
- when a determination result thereof indicates that the common information is included in the received control information, establishing another communication channel which is different from the communication channel,
- in which the common information includes environmental information, said environmental information comprising an indication of whether or not communication via the another communication channel is established between the device and the external device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.