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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Masaaki Tomoda, Suita, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Koube, JP;
Takeshi Hatakeyama, Neyagawa, JP;
Teruaki Ata, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken-ichi Moriguchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kindo, Sennangun, JP;
Masaaki Tomoda, Suita, JP;
Toshihiko Kurosaki, Koube, JP;
Takeshi Hatakeyama, Neyagawa, JP;
Teruaki Ata, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken-ichi Moriguchi, Neyagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kindo, Sennangun, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A hands-free device includes a communication unit that obtains a Media Access Control (MAC) address of a portable terminal device from the portable terminal device, and an address storing unit that registers one of the MAC addresses that is obtained by the communication unit into the address storing unit itself in response to a registration trigger signal. The hands-free device also includes a control unit that reads the registered MAC address from the address storing unit and specifies a portable terminal device having the read registered address as a communication target device in response to a search trigger signal.