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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Takashi Sasai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kakuda, Tokyo, JP;
Masamitsu Higo, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.