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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Yoshiyuki Kunito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuto Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Imanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Furukawa, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kunito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuto Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Imanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Furukawa, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication control apparatus selects an optimum terminal for an authentication device among a plurality of terminals that have completed authentication of the authentication device via wireless communication. The communication control apparatus has an information acquiring unit and a selecting unit. The information acquiring unit acquires address information and capability information of each of the plurality of terminals and identification information of the authentication device from each of the plurality of terminals. The selecting unit selects the optimum terminal having a capability of handling data addressed to the authentication device among the plurality of terminals on the basis of the capability information of the plurality of terminals and the identification information of the authentication device acquired by the information acquiring unit, when the address information and capability information of the plurality of terminals are acquired by the information acquiring unit.