Sony Corporation

Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Deutschland Gmbh

Takashi Sasai

Hiroshi Kakuda

Yasuhiko Kato

Koji Nishimura

Kazuya Odagiri

Masamitsu Higo

Satoshi Fujimura

Kiyonobu Kojima

Naoki Fujisawa

Junji Ooi

Osamu Hamada

Syuji Yonekura

Shuji Yonekura

Makoto Sato

Takashi Ito

Hiroaki Ogawa

Masakazu Hattori

Yuichi Kageyama

Atsushi Onoe

Tomoaki Nitta

Erika Kobayashi

Johannes Loeebbert

Youtaro Mine

Johannes Löebbert

The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDAis received in a reader/writer of a personal computer, the personal computernotifies the PDAof device information stored therein. The PDAestablishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computerin accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA.

Communication system and method, information processing apparatus and method, information processing terminal and method

The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDA is received in a reader/writer of a personal computer, the personal computer notifies the PDA of device information stored therein. The PDA establishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computer in accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA.

The present invention relates to a radio communication apparatus and a radio communications method, a radio communication system, a recording medium, and a computer program in which a response signal to an inquiry is returned to a master only when instructions to perform radio communications are issued. A CPUblinks LEDwhen an inquiry signal is received, and transmits a response to the inquiry signal when a user who has referred to lighting of the LEDoperates a connection response button. The connection response buttonis operated when the user issues radio communications instructions with respect to the inquiry signal. In other words, even when wireless headphonesare within an area capable of radio communications with the master, only if the connection response buttonis operated by the user, it sends to the master a response to the inquiry, and establishes connection. The present invention may be applied to a wireless storage server, wireless headphones, and audio reproduction apparatuses.

Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method, radio communication system, recording medium, and computer program

An information recording apparatus includes a content generating unit that generates content, a position information obtaining unit that obtains position information, and a region determining unit that determines whether or not a position specified based on the obtained position information is included in a certain region. The information recording apparatus further includes a position information addition determining unit that determines, based on a determination result obtained by the region determining unit, whether or not to allow the obtained position information to be recorded, and a recording control unit that performs, based on a determination result obtained by the position information addition determining unit, recording control of the obtained position information.

Information recording apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and information recording method for controlling recording of location information in generated images

A slide show display system with BGM includes at least one content provision device that stores at least one of image content and music content, a playback device that plays back the image content and the music content, and an information processing device that controls the playback device to display a slide show with BGM. The information processing device includes a content information notification portion that transmits information on the image content and the music content that will be played back to the playback device, as well as a playback request portion that makes a playback request to the playback device to play back the content. The playback device includes a content acquisition portion that acquires the content from the at least one content provision device and a content playback portion that plays back the content in response to the playback request from the information processing device.

Slide show display system with BGM, slide show display method with BGM, information processing device, playback device, and programs

The present invention relates to a radio communication apparatus and a radio communications method, a radio communication system, a recording medium, and a computer program in which a response signal to an inquiry is returned to a master only when instructions to perform radio communications are issued. A CPUblinks LEDwhen an inquiry signal is received, and transmits a response to the inquiry signal when a user who has referred to lighting of the LEDoperates a connection response buttonThe connection response buttonis operated when the user issues radio communications instructions with respect to the inquiry signal. In other words, even when wireless headphonesare within an area capable of radio communications with the master, only if the connection response buttonis operated by the user, it sends to the master a response to the inquiry, and establishes connection. The present invention may be applied to a wireless storage server, wireless headphones, and audio reproduction apparatuses.

When wireless communications are performed with other communication devices, an inquiry message to discover other communication devices residing in the vicinity is wirelessly transmitted by having communication ranges altered at a plurality of stages; response messages to the transmitted inquiry message are received; information relating to a receiving state or frequency of receipt of the response messages from the respective communication ranges is preserved with respect to each communication device which is a source of the response message; and based on the preserved information relating to the receiving state or the frequency of receipt of the response messages a communication device to be a connection object for wireless communication is selected. By doing so, when short-range wireless communications are performed, communication services can be performed appropriately between required devices.

Communication method, communication system, and communication device for performing communication having altering communication ranges

This invention concerns a network comprising a master and slaves. In the network, each slave figures out its performance values as performance parameters and transmits the performance parameters to the master. The master performs a process of selecting a backup master as a candidate for the next master, on the basis of the performance parameters transmitted from the slaves. The master supplies BM information containing synchronization information and the address of the backup master selected, to the slaves. When the master is removed from the network, the slaves determine the next master in accordance with the backup-master information. Thus, the slaves can be immediately connected to the next master.

Electronic device having communication function

The present invention relates to a communication system, a communication method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing method for easily and quickly organizing a communication group containing a plurality of apparatuses. The user places a PDAin proximity to a personal computer. When an electromagnetic wave emitted from a reader/writer of the PDAis received by a reader/writer of the personal computer, the personal computernotifies the PDAof stored communication group organizing information. The PDAstores the communication group organizing information while establishing a synchronization for a Bluetooth communication with the personal computerbased on the communication group organizing information to establish the Bluetooth communication with the personal computer. The present invention is applicable to a variety of information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer and a PDA.

Communication system and method, and information processing apparatus and method

The present invention relates to a communication system and a method thereof, an information processing apparatus and a method thereof, an information processing terminal and a method thereof, which can start wireless communication easily and promptly. When an electromagnetic wave radiated from a reader/writer of a PDAis received in a reader/writer of a personal computerthe personal computernotifies the PDAof device information stored therein. The PDAestablishes synchronization for Bluetooth communication with the personal computerin accordance with a Bluetooth address contained in the device information and selects a service in accordance with a service record contained in the device information to establish communication via Bluetooth. The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses such as a personal computer or a PDA.

Communication system and method, information processing apparatus and method, and information processing terminal and method

A picture-information transmission apparatus including a file select means for selecting a predetermined file saved in a state of associating picture information with word information upon detection of execution of a predetermined operation, and a transmission-information creation means for creating transmission information for transmitting information of a predetermined file selected by the file select means to a predetermined partner, wherein the transmission information is created at the same time as the predetermined file is selected in a batch operation when the predetermined operation is executed.

Method and system for creating an e-mail by automatically constituting a text and an attached file of the e-mail basing on at least one words or sentences and picture stored in a single picture file

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Takashi Sasai