IP Library Granted Patent US 8,200,724
Granted Patent B2
US 8,200,724 · App. 12/712,539 · Granted Jun 12, 2012

Communication terminal, transmission method, and transmission system

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Patent No.
US 8,200,724
App. No.
12/712,539
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication terminal includes a first storage section configured to store address information for performing connection to a communication terminal of a communication partner and an address book containing information about the communication partner, a second storage section configured to store first data files, a search section configured to search through the second storage section for first data files corresponding to information about the communication partner linked to the communication terminal of the communication partner selected on the basis of the address book, a compiling section configured to compile the retrieved first data files into a predetermined unit to generate a second data file, and a communication section configured to perform communication between the present communication terminal and the communication terminal of the communication partner and transmit the second data file to the communication terminal of the communication partner.

Claims (32)

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a first storage section configured to store address information for performing connection to a communication terminal of a communication partner and an address book containing information about the communication partner;

a second storage section configured to store first data files;

a search section configured to search through the second storage section for first data files corresponding to the information about the communication partner linked to the communication terminal of the communication partner selected on the basis of the address book;

a compiling section configured to compile the retrieved first data files into a predetermined unit to generate a second data file; and

a communication section configured to perform communication between the present communication terminal and the communication terminal of the communication partner and transmit the second data file to the communication terminal of the communication partner.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication section establishes a communication channel when the communication section recognizes that the present communication terminal has been brought close to the communication terminal of the communication partner, and transmits the second data file to the communication terminal of the communication partner.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 2 ,

wherein the information about the communication partner stored in the address book is preference information of the communication partner using the communication terminal of the communication partner,

wherein the first data files are music files having been subjected to sound quality analysis, and

wherein the search section searches through the second storage section in accordance with the preference information of the communication partner.

4. The communication terminal according to claim 2 ,

wherein the information about the communication partner stored in the address book is face information of the communication partner using the communication terminal of the communication partner,

wherein the first data files are image files having been subjected to image analysis, and

wherein the search section searches through the second storage section in accordance with the face information of the communication partner.

5. A transmission method performed by a communication terminal comprising the steps of:

searching through a second storage section configured to store first data files for first data files corresponding to information about a communication partner linked to a communication terminal of the communication partner selected from an address book, on the basis of an address book read from a first storage section configured to store address information for performing connection to the communication terminal of the communication partner and the address book containing information about the communication partner;

generating a second data file by compiling the retrieved first data files into a predetermined unit; and

transmitting the second data file to the communication terminal of the communication partner by performing communication between the communication terminal and the communication terminal of the communication partner.

6. A transmission system comprising:

a first communication terminal; and

a second communication terminal,

wherein the first communication terminal includes

a first storage section configured to store address information for performing connection to the second communication terminal and an address book containing information about the communication partner,

a second storage section configured to store first data files,

a search section configured to search through the second storage section for first data files corresponding to the information about the communication partner linked to the second communication terminal of the communication partner selected on the basis of the address book,

a compiling section configured to compile the retrieved first data files into a predetermined unit to generate a second data file, and

a first communication section configured to perform communication with the second communication terminal to transmit the second data file thereto, and

wherein the second communication terminal includes

a second communication section configured to perform communication with the first communication terminal to receive the second data file therefrom, and

a restoration section configured to restore the first data files from the second data file.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048713/0511 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2010
From: KANNO, MANABU; NARUSE, TETSUYA
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 023991/0404 →