IP Library Granted Patent US 8,077,645
Granted Patent B2
US 8,077,645 · App. 12/105,775 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Wireless communication terminal, semiconductor device, data communication method, and wireless communication system

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,077,645
App. No.
12/105,775
Granted
Dec 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication terminal is provided. The wireless communication terminal including a first wireless communication section configured to operate in a first clock system; a second wireless communication section configured to operate in a second clock system different from the first clock system, and perform short-range wireless communication; and an asynchronous interface that mediates between the first wireless communication section and the second wireless communication section.

Claims (27)

1. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a first wireless communication terminal; and

a second wireless communication terminal, wherein said first wireless communication terminal includes

a first wireless communication section configured to operate in a first clock system,

a first asynchronous interface, and

a second wireless communication section configured to operate in a second clock system different from the first clock system, and perform short-range wireless communication, the second wireless communication section being connected to the first wireless communication section via the first asynchronous interface, the first and second wireless communication sections being formed within a single chip,

said second wireless communication terminal includes

a third wireless communication section configured to operate in the first clock system,

a second asynchronous interface, and

a fourth wireless communication section configured to operate in the second clock system different from the first clock system, and perform short-range wireless communication, the fourth wireless communication section being connected to the third wireless communication section via the second asynchronous interface, the third and fourth wireless communication sections being formed within a single chip,

the first wireless communication section in said first wireless communication terminal outputs setup information via the second wireless communication section, and

the third wireless communication section in said second wireless communication terminal acquires the setup information outputted from the second wireless communication section in said first wireless communication terminal via the fourth wireless communication section to perform a setup based on the setup information.

2. The wireless communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the second wireless communication section in said first wireless communication terminal writes the setup information, supplied from the first wireless communication section via the first asynchronous interface, to a contactless IC card, and

the fourth wireless communication section in said second wireless communication terminal reads the setup information from the contactless IC card, and supplies the read setup information to the third wireless communication section via the second asynchronous interface.

3. A wireless communication system, comprising:

a content server;

a billing server;

a network;

a first wireless communication terminal connected to said content server and said billing server via said network; and

a second wireless communication terminal connected to said first wireless communication terminal in a wireless manner, wherein

said second wireless communication terminal includes

a first wireless communication section configured to operate in a first clock system,

an asynchronous interface, and

a second wireless communication section configured to operate in a second clock system different from the first clock system, and perform short-range wireless communication, the second wireless communication section being connected to the first wireless communication section via the asynchronous interface, the first and second wireless communication sections being formed within a single chip,

content data of a specified content from said content server is supplied to said first wireless communication terminal via said network, or to the first wireless communication section in said second wireless communication terminal via said network and said first wireless communication terminal, and

billing information acquired by the second wireless communication section in said second wireless communication terminal is supplied to said billing server via the first wireless communication section, said first wireless communication terminal, and said network.

4. The wireless communication system according to claim 3 , wherein the second wireless communication section in said second wireless communication terminal acquires the billing information by reading the billing information from a contactless IC card.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2008
From: FUKAMI, TADASHI; ENDO, AKIRA
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-127216 · May 11, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090323645A1 · Dec 31, 2009