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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Haruo Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ayatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Haruo Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Takeo Inagaki, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Rekimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ayatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to communication systems and methods which allow the partner of communication to be easily specified. A portable telephone 52 is provided with a non-contact IC card which communicates with a reader/writer of a personal computer 51 by electromagnetic waves. When the non-contact IC card receives electromagnetic waves emitted by the reader/writer, the portable telephone 52 reports the card ID assigned to the non-contact IC card to the personal computer 51. The card ID includes the Bluetooth address of the portable telephone 52. When the personal computer 51 obtains the Bluetooth addresses of the portable telephone 52 and a PDA 53 at an inquiry, the personal computer 51 specifies the portable telephone 52 as a Bluetooth device with which synchronization is established, according to the Bluetooth address reported in advance. The present invention can be applied to information processing apparatuses such as personal computers and portable telephones.
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