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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Nobuo Namekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Konya, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonari Yamagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Miyachi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuo Namekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Konya, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonari Yamagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Miyachi, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus, a communication system, a communication method, and a program capable of performing relay transfer of a data file swiftly and simply in performing short-distance one-to-one communication are provided. The communication apparatus includes a communication part that performs short-distance one-to-one communication with a communication partner apparatus via electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling, a relay transfer mode setting part that sets a relay transfer mode in which a data file are relay-transferred from at least one first apparatus to at least one second apparatus, a storage part that holds the data file received from the first apparatus while the relay transfer mode is set, and a transmission control part that transmits the data file held in the storage part to the second apparatus with which communication is established while the relay transfer mode is set.