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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Koichi Oshima, San Diego, CA (US);
Takamichi Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/42221 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/44227 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a first computerized device configured for communicating in an infrastructure mode and an ad hoc mode and a second computerized device configured for communicating at least in the ad hoc mode. A first computerized device operating in infrastructure mode prompts the user of the first computerized device to switch to ad hoc mode in order to communicate with the second computerized device.