Mobile client device, operation method, and recording medium

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a touch panel;

a near field communication interface circuit; and

circuitry configured to

scan the touch panel intermittently when the information processing apparatus is in a suspended state to receive an input at the touch panel;

detect that the input received at the touch panel corresponds to a predetermined input when the information processing apparatus is in the suspended state; and

control the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function via the near field communication interface circuit and awake from the suspended state upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a sensor circuit configured to detect an orientation of the information processing apparatus.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine the predetermined function to be executed based on the detected input received at the touch panel and an output of the sensor circuit.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

store a plurality of predetermined inputs that each correspond to one of a plurality of different functions to be executed via the near field communication interface circuit.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

detect that the input received at the touch panel corresponds to one of the plurality of predetermined inputs; and

control the information processing apparatus to execute, as the predetermined function, the one of the plurality of predetermined functions corresponding to the detected input via the near field communication interface circuit.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a first of the plurality of predetermined inputs corresponds to a single touch operation by an operation member on the touch panel and a second of the plurality of predetermined inputs corresponds to a simultaneous touch of two operation members on the touch panel.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory circuit, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control, as the predetermined function, the near field communication interface to transmit data stored in the memory circuit to another information processing apparatus upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

control, as the predetermined function, the near field communication interface circuit to receive data from another information processing apparatus upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a wireless interface circuit configured to connect to a wireless network, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control, as the predetermined function, the near field communication interface circuit to receive connection data corresponding to a website from another information processing apparatus, control the wireless interface circuit to access the website based on the received connection data, and control the near field communication interface circuit to forward data received from the website via the wireless interface circuit to the another information processing apparatus via the near field communication interface circuit.

10. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

transmit a first activation command to the near field communication interface circuit instructing the near field communication interface circuit to be activated upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

transmit a second activation command to a middleware layer instructing the middleware layer to be activated after transmitting the first activation command to the near field communication interface circuit.

12. The information processing apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the middleware layer is configured to:

control execution of the predetermined function via the near field communication interface circuit based on the second activation command.

13. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the suspended state of the information processing apparatus corresponds to a state in which application software and middleware of the information processing apparatus are not activated.

14. The information processing apparatus of claim 13 , wherein

operation of the near field communication interface circuit is controlled via the application software and the middleware upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input while the information processing apparatus is in an activated state, and operation of the near field communication interface circuit is controlled via only by activating the middleware upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input while the information processing apparatus is in the suspended state.

15. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touch panel is configured to:

scan for an input at a first frequency when the information processing apparatus is in an activated state and scan for an input at a second frequency when the information processing apparatus is in the suspended state, wherein the first frequency is higher than the second frequency.

16. An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus including a touch panel and a near field communication interface, the method comprising:

scanning the touch panel intermittently when the information processing apparatus is in a suspended state to receive an input at the touch panel;

detecting that the input received at the touch panel corresponds to a predetermined input when the information processing apparatus is in the suspended state; and

controlling execution of a predetermined function via the near field communication interface and controlling the information processing apparatus to awake from the suspended state upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus including a touch panel and a near field communication interface, cause the information processing apparatus to:

scan the touch panel intermittently when the information processing apparatus is in a suspended state to receive an input at the touch panel;

detect that the input received at the touch panel corresponds to a predetermined input when the information processing apparatus is in the suspended state; and

control execution of a predetermined function via the near field communication interface and control the information processing apparatus to awake from the suspended state upon detecting that the input corresponds to the predetermined input.