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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2003
Takashi Sasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Odagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Sasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Odagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the case where close range wireless communication is performed among a plurality of communication devices, when a predetermined connection operation is performed in a first communication device, an inquiry message is wirelessly transmitted in order to discover a device to be connected by the wireless communication after restricting a transmissible distance to a close range; when a predetermined standby operation is performed in a second communication device, the inquiry message is received and a response message to the received inquiry message is wirelessly transmitted; and when the response message is received, the first communication deviceperforms the connection processing with respect to the second communication device