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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2011
Naoya Ichinose, Osaka, JP;
Naoya Ichinose, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device, which has not obtained a resource, can securely obtain a required resource without degradation in response to resource obtainment, and obtains the resource which is exclusively controlled between the device and another device. The device includes: a status detector which detects a status of the other device; a resource obtainer which includes flag information and obtains the resource based on the flag information, the flag information indicating whether the obtainment of the resource is permitted or prohibited; and a determiner which switches the flag information to indicate whether the obtainment is permitted or prohibited, based on the status of the other device detected by the status detector. The resource obtainer is prohibited from obtaining the resource when the flag information indicates that the obtainment is prohibited.