IP Library Granted Patent US 9,131,066
Granted Patent B2
US 9,131,066 · App. 14/245,363 · Granted Sep 8, 2015

Wireless communication apparatus

Inventor: Masaya Masuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
H04M1/72572H04L67/18H04M1/7253H04W4/02H04W4/20H04M2250/10
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Patent No.
US 9,131,066
App. No.
14/245,363
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication apparatus comprises a selection module to select an application from applications to be run on the apparatus, a movement information generation module to generate movement information indicating positional change of the apparatus by detecting a position of the apparatus, a target selection module to select a counterpart wireless communication apparatus as a connection target from other apparatuses which are wirelessly connectable with the apparatus by referring to to a type of the application selected by the selection module and the movement information generated by the movement information generation module, and a wireless communication module wirelessly transmits data handled by the application to the counterpart wireless communication apparatus selected by the target selection module.

Claims (19)

1. A digital audio player device, comprising:

a location detection module configured to receive a positional signal and output positional information for determining a positional location of the digital audio player;

a wireless communication module configured to establish a wireless connection with an external audio output device;

a storage configured to store audio data and an audio playback application program;

a user interface configured to receive input from a user; and

a processor configured to:

run the audio playback application program;

determine the positional location of the digital audio player based on the positional information;

allow the user to preset a combination of a condition and an action to be taken if the condition is satisfied;

determine whether the condition is satisfied;

control the wireless communication module to execute the action if determined that the condition is satisfied; and

control the wireless communication module to start establishing the wireless connection with the external audio output device and to transmit the audio data to the external audio output device if determined that a first condition is satisfied, the first condition being that the positional location is within a preset first location and that the audio playback application program is currently running.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the wireless communication module to terminate transmitting the audio data to the external audio output device and to terminate the wireless connection with the external audio output device if determined that a second condition is satisfied, the second condition being that the positional location is changed to move out from a preset first location and that the audio playback application program is currently running.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether the condition is satisfied if determined that the positional location is changed to be within one area from another area.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor determines whether the condition is satisfied if determined that the user interface received input from the user to select one of the multiple application programs to start running.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module is configured to establish the wireless connection of a Bluetooth standard.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the wireless communication module is configured to establish the wireless connection of an A2DP profile of the Bluetooth standard.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module is configured to establish a wireless connection with multiple external audio output devices including a first external audio output device and a second external audio output device, and

wherein the processor controls the wireless communication module to establish the wireless connection with the second external audio output device if the wireless communication module fails to establish the wireless connection with the first external audio output device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: TOSHIBA CORPORATION
To: 2BCOM, LLC
Reel/Frame 051315/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP P2007-334740 · Dec 26, 2007 · national
Continuity (3)
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