IP Library Granted Patent US 8,879,005
Granted Patent B2
US 8,879,005 · App. 14/096,512 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Remote control terminal and information processing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,879,005
App. No.
14/096,512
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a remote control terminal, including: a first terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with a control-target information processing apparatus by using a first wireless communication system, to control the information processing apparatus; a second terminal-side wireless-communication unit configured to interactively communicate with the information processing apparatus by using a second wireless communication system, the second wireless communication system being higher in speed than the first wireless communication system; a camera unit configured to obtain video data; and a first controller configured to control the second terminal-side wireless-communication unit to transmit the video data obtained by the camera unit to the information processing apparatus by using the second wireless communication system.

Claims (12)

1. A method of communication between electronic devices, comprising the steps of:

sending a request by a first electronic device to a second electronic device, via a first wireless-communication unit, to use a second wireless-communication system; and

receiving a startup instruction at the first electronic device, from the second electronic device, to start a second wireless-communication unit from a stopped state,

wherein the first wireless-communication unit transmits the request via a first wireless-communication system, the second wireless-communication unit is configured to transmit data via the second wireless-communication system, and the second wireless-communication system is higher in speed than the first wireless-communication system.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the request is performed in response to a user instruction to execute processing of video data.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving a second startup instruction, at the first electronic device, from the second electronic device via the second wireless-communication unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first electronic device sets a sleep status of the first wireless-communication unit in response to receiving the startup instruction.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the first electronic device, a stop instruction from the second electronic device via the second wireless-communication unit;

stopping the second wireless-communication unit; and

returning the first wireless-communication unit from a sleep status to a startup status.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the request is performed in response to a user instruction to transmit audio data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SATURN LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 043177/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2014
From: IKEDA, YASUHISA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032204/0435 →