IP Library Granted Patent US 12,382,550
Granted Patent B2
US 12,382,550 · App. 18/236,611 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Information processing system, communication terminal, information processing unit and program

Inventors: Isao Soma (Saitama, JP); Naoki Miyabayashi (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiro Yoneda (Kanagawa, JP); Seiji Kuroda (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuharu Ishikawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuo Takada (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
H04W88/04G06Q30/02H04W4/80H04W76/14H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 12,382,550
App. No.
18/236,611
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a first communication section configured to communicate with a communication terminal through a first communication channel, and a second communication section configured to communicate with the communication terminal through a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, wherein the first communication section is used for transmission of connection information for establishing the second communication channel with the communication terminal, wherein the second communication section is configured to establish the second communication channel based on the connection information.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a first communication section configured to communicate with a communication terminal through a first communication channel; and

a second communication section configured to communicate with the communication terminal through a second communication channel different from the first communication channel;

wherein the first communication section is used for transmission of connection information for establishing the second communication channel with the communication terminal;

wherein communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication terminal is switched from the first communication channel to the second communication channel after the connection information is received by the information processing apparatus; and

wherein the second communication section is configured to establish the second communication channel based on the connection information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication channel is established by using a carrier at a prescribed frequency.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the prescribed frequency is 13.56 MHz.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication channel is formed by NFC or infrared communication.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display section capable of displaying communication request information requesting communication through the first communication channel.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first communication section is configured to transmit a connection information acquisition request requesting acquisition of the connection information to the communication terminal if the communication request information is displayed on the display section.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first communication section is configured to receive the connection information from the communication terminal in response to the connection information acquisition request.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first communication section is configured to receive the connection information from the communication terminal in response to a connection information acquisition request.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein after the connection information is transmitted, the information processing apparatus determines whether communication with a service providing apparatus is available.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein service data that is received includes music data by which to run the information processing apparatus.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to a service providing apparatus based on connection destination information transferred after establishing the second communication channel.

12. A communication terminal comprising:

a first communication section configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus through a first communication channel; and

a second communication section configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus through a second communication channel different from the first communication channel;

wherein the first communication section is used for transmission of connection information for establishing the second communication channel with the information processing apparatus;

wherein communication between the information processing apparatus and the communication terminal is switched from the first communication channel to the second communication channel after the connection information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus; and

wherein the second communication section is configured to establish the second communication channel based on the connection information.

13. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the first communication channel is established by using a carrier at a prescribed frequency.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the prescribed frequency is 13.56 MHz.

15. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the first communication channel is formed by NFC or infrared communication.

16. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the first communication section is configured to receive a connection information acquisition request requesting acquisition of the connection information from the information processing apparatus.

17. The communication terminal according to claim 16 , wherein the first communication section is configured to transmit the connection information to the information processing apparatus in response to the connection information acquisition request.

18. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein after the connection information is transmitted, the information processing apparatus determines whether communication with a service providing apparatus is available.

19. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein service data that is received includes music data by which to run the information processing apparatus.

20. The communication terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the information processing apparatus is connected to a service providing apparatus based on connection destination information transferred after establishing the second communication channel.

21. The communication terminal of claim 12 , wherein switching of active processing and passive processing in the communication terminal is performed automatically in conjunction with switching from the first communication channel to the second communication channel.

22. A communication method comprising:

establishing, with an information processing apparatus, a first communication channel for transmission of connection information for establishing a second communication channel different from the first communication channel;

establishing, with the information processing apparatus, the second communication channel based on the connection information transmitted through the first communication channel after the connection information is received by the information processing apparatus; and

switching from the first communication channel to the second communication channel after the connection information is received by the information processing apparatus.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein communications switch from the first communication channel to the second communication channel after receiving a notification notifying reception of the connection information from the information processing apparatus.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein communications over the second communication channel are performed at least one of at a higher speed and with higher security than communications over the first communication channel.

25. The method of claim 22 , wherein the connecting enables the information processing apparatus to perform indirect communication via the second communication channel.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: SOMA, ISAO; MIYABAYASHI, NAOKI; YONEDA, YOSHIHIRO; KURODA, SEIJI; ISHIKAWA, YASUHARU; TAKADA, KAZUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064669/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 064669/0509 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064673/0381 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-100623 · Apr 8, 2008 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17502408 · Oct 15, 2021
Continuation 16876872 · May 18, 2020
Continuation 16388036 · Apr 18, 2019
Continuation 15605445 · May 25, 2017
Continuation 15177889 · Jun 9, 2016
Continuation 13463457 · May 3, 2012
Continuation 12412067 · Mar 26, 2009
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