Information communication apparatus, information communication method and program storage medium
The invention provides an information communication apparatus that discloses, on a network channel, an electronic file in a public region provided in a connected storage apparatus, causes the network channel to operate when the public region is accessible or stops the network channel when the public region is inaccessible and stops the network channel when the storage apparatus is connected for the first time irrespective of whether or not the public region is accessible.
1. An information communication apparatus comprising:
a communication section that is communicable with one or a plurality of external devices via one or a plurality of wireless network channels and assigns a different piece of identification information to the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels;
a storage apparatus connection section that changes whether or not to make a connection with one or a plurality of storage apparatuses configured to store an electronic file and perform inputting/outputting with the storage apparatus;
a storage region management section that provides, in the storage apparatus, a public region in which the electronic file is disclosed to a wireless network channel assigned with a predetermined piece of identification information among the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels;
a storage apparatus management section that detects whether or not the public region is accessible via the storage apparatus connection section; and
a communication control section configured to cause, when the storage apparatus management section determines that the public region is accessible, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information to operate, cause, when the storage apparatus management section determines that the public region is inaccessible, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information not to operate, and cause, when the storage apparatus is connected to the storage apparatus connection section for a first time, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information not to operate irrespective of the determination of the storage apparatus management section.
2. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the storage apparatus management section recognizes a unique identifier assigned to the storage apparatus and store the identifier, and
the communication control section determines, when the identifier of the storage apparatus connected to the storage apparatus connection section is not stored in the storage apparatus management section, that the storage apparatus is connected for the first time.
3. An information communication method using an information communication apparatus comprising:
a communication section that is communicable with one or a plurality of external devices via one or a plurality of network channels and assigns a different piece of identification information to the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels;
a storage apparatus connection section that changes whether or not to make a connection with one or a plurality of storage apparatuses configured to store an electronic file and perform inputting/outputting with the storage apparatus; and
a storage region management section that provides, in the storage apparatus, a public region in which the electronic file is disclosed to a wireless network channel assigned with a predetermined piece of identification information among the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels, the method comprising:
a step of detecting whether or not the storage apparatus is connected to the storage apparatus connection section for a first time;
a step of detecting whether or not the public region is accessible via the storage apparatus connection section; and
a step of causing, when the storage apparatus is connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information not to operate, causing, when the storage apparatus is not connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time and the public region is accessible, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information to operate, and causing, when the storage apparatus is not connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time and the public region is inaccessible, the wireless network channel assigned the predetermined identification information not to operate.
4. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that stores a program for controlling an information communication apparatus comprising:
a communication section that is communicable with one or a plurality of external devices via one or a plurality of wireless network channels and assigns a different piece of identification information to the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels;
a storage apparatus connection section that changes whether or not to make a connection with one or a plurality of storage apparatuses configured to store an electronic file and perform input/output with the storage apparatus; and
a storage region management section that provides, in the storage apparatus, a public region in which the electronic file is disclosed to a wireless network channel assigned with a predetermined piece of identification information among the one or each of the plurality of wireless network channels, the program comprising:
a step of detecting whether or not the storage apparatus is connected to the storage apparatus connection section for a first time;
a step of detecting whether or not the public region is accessible via the storage apparatus connection section; and
a step of causing, when the storage apparatus is connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information not to operate, causing, when the storage apparatus is not connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time and the public region is accessible, the wireless network channel assigned the predetermined identification information to operate, and causing, when the storage apparatus is not connected to the storage apparatus connection section for the first time and the public region is inaccessible, the wireless network channel assigned with the predetermined piece of identification information not to operate.