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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Applicant:
Hiroshi Kanma, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kanma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A terminal device includes: a communication means radio communicatable to access points; a storage means for storing a database associating identification information and position information of an access point connected with the communication means in association with each other; a position information acquiring section that acquires current position information; and a control section that causes a display section to display related information of the access point based on the database when the communication means does not detect a connectable access point.