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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Kuwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a communication device including a communication unit configured to include different communication modes, and an information exchange unit configured to exchange, before the communication unit transmits information to a transmission destination device, an available communication mode and authentication information in advance with the transmission destination device using a communication mode included in the communication unit, the authentication information being used when communication is performed using the communication mode.