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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
At a communication terminal, visual information reflecting an operation state of a candidate counterpart terminal and a graphical image that allows the communication terminal to switch from a first communications protocol to a second communications protocol, is displayed, respectively, when the communication terminal activates the first communications protocol. In response to a user instruction for selecting the graphical image, the communication terminal activates the second communications protocol to cause the communication terminal to communicate using the second communications protocol.