Wireless communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, communication system, and communication method
A communications apparatus and method provide logic for establishing communications sessions in accordance with one or more connection rights. In one implementation, a communications apparatus may include a control circuit configured to establish, through an information processing apparatus, a communications session with an additional communications apparatus associated with one or more first connection rights. The established communications session may be associated with one or more second connection rights that differ from the first connection rights, and the control circuit may be further configured to generate an instruction to transmit data in accordance with the second connection rights.
1. A first communication apparatus, comprising:
a control circuit configured to:
establish, through an information processing apparatus, a first communication session with a second communication apparatus associated with at least one first connection right, wherein the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are associated with a group,
wherein the first communication session is established based on at least one second connection right set in the first communication apparatus,
wherein the at least one second connection right is different from the at least one first connection right, and
wherein the at least one second connection right is determined based on the at least one first connection right; and
generate a first instruction to request transmission of first data from the second communication apparatus, wherein the transmission of the first data is based on the at least one second connection right; and
a storage unit configured to store second data,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to generate a second instruction to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request to synchronize a portion of the stored second data with the second communication apparatus.
2. The first communication apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated first instruction.
3. The first communication apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a receiving unit configured to receive first information from the information processing apparatus,
wherein the at least one second connection right is identified from the received first information.
4. The first communication apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to establish the first communication session based on the received first information.
5. The first communication apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine a plurality of first session parameters associated with the established first communication session, wherein the plurality of first session parameters are determined based on the at least one second connection right.
6. The first communication apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein the plurality of first session parameters comprises at least one of:
a duration of the established first communication session,
a type of data processing available during the established first communication session,
an amount of the first data transferable during the established first communication session, or
a number of second communication sessions to be established between the information processing apparatus and the first communication apparatus.
7. The first communication apparatus of claim 5 ,
wherein a plurality of second session parameters of a third communication session established between the information processing apparatus and the second communication apparatus are determined based on the at least one first connection right; and
wherein the plurality of first session parameters comprises a subset of the plurality of second first session parameters.
8. The first communication apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the storage unit is further configured to store the second data associated with an electronic address book and store third data associated with an electronic calendar.
9. The first communication apparatus of claim 8 ,
wherein the storage unit is further configured to store the at least one second connection right.
10. The first communication apparatus of claim 8 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to generate the second instruction to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, the request to synchronize a portion of the stored third data with the second communication apparatus.
11. The first communication apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the request comprises at least one of second information that identifies the second communication apparatus or third information associated with the portion of the stored second data or the stored third data.
12. The first communication apparatus of claim 11 ,
wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a response to the transmitted request,
wherein the response is generated by the second communication apparatus, and
wherein the generated response is transmitted through the information processing apparatus.
13. The first communication apparatus of claim 12 ,
wherein the received response comprises fourth data, received from the second communication apparatus, wherein the fourth data that corresponds to the portion of the stored second data or the stored third data.
14. The first communication apparatus of claim 13 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to synchronize the portion with the fourth data.
15. The first communication apparatus of claim 14 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to generate a third instruction to transmit, to the information processing apparatus based on the at least one second connection right, fourth information indicative of a successful data synchronization.
16. The first communication apparatus of claim 3 ,
wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine that the at least one second connection right is invalid.
17. The first communication apparatus of claim 16 ,
wherein the at least one second connection right is associated with a validity period; and
wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine that the at least one second connection right is invalid based on expiration of the validity period.
18. A method, comprising:
in a first communication apparatus:
establishing, through an information processing apparatus, a communication session with a second communication apparatus associated with at least one first connection right, wherein the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are associated with a group,
wherein the communication session is established based on at least one second connection right set in the first communication apparatus,
wherein the at least one second connection right is different from the at least one first connection right, and
wherein the at least one second connection right is determined based on the at least one first connection right;
generating a first instruction to request transmission of first data from the second communication apparatus, wherein the transmission of the first data is based on the at least one second connection right;
storing second data in a storage unit; and
generating a second instruction to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request to synchronize a portion of the stored second data with the second communication apparatus.
19. A method, comprising:
in a first communication apparatus:
establishing a communication session between the first communication apparatus associated with at least one first connection right and a second communication apparatus, wherein the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are associated with a group,
wherein the communication session is established based on at least one second connection right set in the first communication apparatus,
wherein the at least one second connection right is different from the at least one first connection right, and
wherein the at least one second connection right is determined based on the at least one first connection right;
generating a first instruction to transmit first data to the second communication apparatus, wherein the transmission of the first data is based on the at least one second connection right;
storing second data in a storage unit; and
generating a second instruction to transmit, to an information processing apparatus, a request to synchronize a portion of the stored second data with the second communication apparatus.
20. A communication system, comprising:
a first communication apparatus associated with at least one first connection right;
a second communication apparatus;
an information processing apparatus, comprising:
a control circuit configured to:
establish a communication session between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus, wherein the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus are associated with a group,
wherein the communication session is established based on at least one second connection right set in the first communication apparatus,
wherein the at least one second connection right is different from the at least one first connection right, and
wherein the at least one second connection right is determined based on the at least one first connection right; and
generate a first instruction to transmit first data to the second communication apparatus, wherein the transmission of the first data is based on the at least one second connection right,
wherein the first communication apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store second data, and
wherein the control circuit is further configured to receive, from the first communication apparatus, a request to synchronize a portion of the stored second data with the second communication apparatus.