IP Library Granted Patent US 7,502,343
Granted Patent B2
US 7,502,343 · App. 10/882,265 · Granted Mar 10, 2009

Communication terminal, system and method for connecting a terminal with unknown ID information via a network

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Patent No.
US 7,502,343
App. No.
10/882,265
Granted
Mar 10, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a communication terminal which can make connection to a communication terminal the position of which can be specified in an actual space but the ID information of which is not known through a network. The communication terminal includes an object designation section for acquiring the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal, an AP information acquisition section for acquiring the application information of an opponent communication terminal acting as a communication opponent, a memory section for storing the position information in the actual space of respective communication terminals, identification information for identifying the respective communication terminals in the network, and attribution information, a search section for searching the identification information of a communication terminal having the AP information in a region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section.

Claims (32)

1. A communication terminal for executing communication through a network, comprising:

an object designation section for acquiring the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal;

a memory section for storing the position information and the direction information in an actual space of respective communication terminals and for storing identification information which identifies the respective communication terminals in the network;

a search section for searching the identification information of an opponent communication terminal acting as a communication opponent in a region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section;

an attribution information acquisition section for acquiring attribution information of the opponent communication terminal acting as the communication opponent, wherein

the memory section stores the position information and the direction information in the actual space of respective communication terminals, the identification information for identifying the respective communication terminals in the network, and the attribution information;

the search section searches the identification information of a communication terminal having the attribution information in the region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section; and

the attribution information includes information as to applications that are provided with the opponent communication terminal and make use of a communication function; and

an application start section for starting an appropriate application according to the attribution information of the opponent communication terminal searched by the search section.

2. A communication terminal according to claim 1 , further comprising a distance information acquisition section for acquiring distance information from the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal, and the region in which the opponent communication terminal is searched by the search section is limited to a distance specified by the distance information.

3. A communication system comprising a communication terminal and an opponent communication terminal search server through which the communication terminal searches an opponent communication terminal acting as a communication opponent, the communication terminal comprises:

an object designation section for acquiring the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal; and

a communication section for transmitting the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal search server, which comprises:

a communication section for receiving the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal therefrom;

a memory section for storing the position information and the direction information in an actual space of respective communication terminals and for storing identification information which identifies the respective communication terminals in a network; and

a search section for searching the identification information of the opponent communication terminal acting as the communication opponent in a region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section;

wherein the communication system comprises an attribution information acquisition section for acquiring the attribution information of the opponent communication terminal acting as the communication opponent wherein the attribution information includes information as to applications that are provided with the opponent communication terminal and make use of a communication function; and

wherein the communication terminal further comprises an application start section for starting an appropriate application according to the attribution information of the opponent communication terminal searched by the search section.

4. A communication system according to claim 3 , wherein

the communication section of the communication terminal transmits the position information and the direction information thereof and the attribution information to the opponent communication terminal server section;

the communication section of the opponent communication terminal server section receives the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal and the attribution information from the communication terminal;

the memory section of the opponent communication terminal server section stores the position information in the actual space of the respective communication terminals, the identification information for identifying the respective communication terminals in the network, and the attribution information; and

the search section of the opponent communication terminal server section searches the identification information of a communication terminal having the attribution information in a region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section.

5. A communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the communication terminal further comprises a distance information acquisition section for acquiring distance information from the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal, and the region in which the opponent communication terminal is searched by the search section is limited to a distance specified by the distance information.

6. A communication system according to claim 3 , wherein the communication terminal further comprises a distance information acquisition section for acquiring distance information from the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal, and the region in which the opponent communication terminal is searched by the search section is limited to a distance specified by the distance information.

7. A communication method of a communication terminal, which executes communication through a network and comprises a memory section for storing the position information and the direction information in an actual space of respective communication terminals and identification information for identifying the respective communication terminals in the network, the communication method comprising:

an object designation step for acquiring the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal;

a search step for searching the identification information of an opponent communication terminal acting as a communication opponent in a region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section; and

an application start step for starting an appropriate application according to attribution information of the opponent communication terminal searched at the search step, wherein the memory section of the communication terminal stores the position information and the direction information in the actual space of the respective communication terminals, the identification information for identifying the respective communication terminals in the network, and attribution information of the opponent communication terminal acting as the communication opponent, and the communication method further comprises an attribution information acquisition step for acquiring the attribution information of the opponent communication terminal, and the identification information of a communication terminal having the attribution information is searched in the region specified by the position information and the direction information of the communication terminal from the memory section at the search step.

8. A communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the attribution information includes information as to applications that are provided with the opponent communication terminal and make use of a communication function.

9. A communication method according to claim 7 , further comprising a distance information acquisition step for acquiring distance information from the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal, and the region in which the opponent communication terminal is searched at the search step is limited to a distance specified by the distance information.

10. A communication method according to claim 7 , further comprising a distance information acquisition step for acquiring distance information from the communication terminal to the opponent communication terminal, and the region in which the opponent communication terminal is searched at the search step is limited to a distance specified by the distance information.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
To: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD.
Reel/Frame 057336/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2021
From: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY CAYMAN I
To: CAVIUM INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 057279/0519 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2021
From: INPHI CORPORATION
To: MARVELL TECHNOLOGY CAYMAN I
Reel/Frame 056649/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: GLOBAL D, LLC.
To: INPHI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034193/0116 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: GLOBAL D, LLC.
Reel/Frame 033546/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2004
From: FUKUI, KIYOSHI
To: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015545/0353 →