Patent application number | Description | Published |
20150067037 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a communication apparatus, including: a storage, a transmitter, a receiver and an updater. The storage stores object information including first to N-th elements, and first to N-th update information identifiers identifying versions of the first to N-th elements. The transmitter transmits an acquisition request including all or a part of the first to N-th update information identifiers to an acquisition target apparatus via a network. The receiver receives, from the acquisition target apparatus, first update information to update at least one element among the elements whose update information identifiers were transmitted in the acquisition request and second update information to update the update information identifier of the at least one element. The updater updates the at least one element in the storage with the first update information and updates the update information identifier of the at least one element with the second update information. | 03-05-2015 |
20150085825 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a first wireless communicator, a storage, and a controller. The first wireless communicator establishes a wireless connection to a network. The storage stores therein data. The controller causes the first wireless communicator to establish a connection to the network when a determination value satisfies a connection condition. The determination value is characterized by at least one of operating conditions, positional information, communication conditions, and communication quality of the communication apparatus. The controller causes the first wireless communicator to obtain information through the network and store the information in the storage or further transmit the information stored in the storage through the network when the determination value satisfies an obtaining condition. The controller disconnects the connection between the first wireless communicator and the network when the determination value satisfies a disconnection condition. | 03-26-2015 |
20150089264 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a processing apparatus, including: first and second processors; a first storage which data read or data write is done by one or more fixed-size blocks, data in each block having a sequential address; and a controller to control operation of at least one of the first and the second processors. One of the processors writes, to the first storage, first to N-th data pieces so that an ending address of an X-th data piece and a starting address of an X+1-th data piece are sequential. The controller sets the other processor in a low power consumption mode during at least a part of a period in which the one processor performs writing to the storage, and after that, the controller sets the other processor in a normal or active operating mode in which the other processor is capable of reading the data pieces from the first storage. | 03-26-2015 |
20150138969 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a communication unit that performs radio communication with a corresponding apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a measuring unit that measures a communication state of the radio communication performed by the communicating unit. The communication apparatus includes a determining unit that determines appropriateness of data communication with the corresponding apparatus performed by the communicating unit, based on a plurality of parameters with respect to the communication state obtained by measurement made by the measuring unit. | 05-21-2015 |
20150229737 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a communication device includes a receiving unit, an obtaining unit, and a transfer unit. The receiving unit receives acquisition information, which is sent from a general-purpose processor to a network and which represents information for obtaining data present on the network. Based on the received acquisition information, the obtaining unit obtains the data on behalf o the general-purpose processor. When processing unit data representing the data to be used in units of processing by the general-purpose processor is obtained, the transfer unit transfers the obtained processing unit data to the general-purpose processor. | 08-13-2015 |
20160007405 | TIMING DETERMINING DEVICE, TIMING DETERMINING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a timing determining device used in a mobile terminal, includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs a detecting process of whether the mobile terminal is positioned at a reference point being a point at which a predetermined condition is satisfied for the mobile terminal. The processing circuitry employs feasibility data representing relationship between an adequacy of a communication environment and elapsed time from a start time point at which the mobile terminal is positioned at the reference point, estimates elapsed time until the adequacy satisfies a communication condition since the mobile terminal is positioned at the reference point and determines a timing of evaluating the communication environment according to an estimated elapsed time. The processing circuitry determines whether to permit the mobile terminal to perform communication on basis of measurement of the communication environment at the timing determined. | 01-07-2016 |
20160080068 | RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RELAYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a relay device that relays communication between an information request device which requests information and an information providing device which provides requested information. The relay device includes an interface to receive a signal transmitted by the information request device. The relay device includes a first circuitry to perform, using the signal, at least one of connection management of a network, authentication of the information request device, and authentication of a user of the information request device. The relay device includes a second circuitry to control allocation of storage areas included in a storage device, or an available range within which information saved in the storage area is able to be provided, when the first circuitry detects establishment of a connection to the network, disconnection of the connection, an authentication result, or a lapse of a valid connection time period. | 03-17-2016 |
20160081003 | RELAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A relay device relays a signal between a first network and a second network. The relay device includes a first circuitry to wirelessly communicate with a wireless terminal over the first network and communicate with a first relay device over the second network. The relay device includes a second circuitry to detect a communication request transmitted by the wireless terminal. The relay device includes a third circuitry to decide whether relay of object information corresponding to the communication request is able to be completed with the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal stays within a wireless communication range of the relay device, and causes the first circuitry to transmit a request signal to request to relay a part or a whole of the object information to the first relay device instead of said relay device when a result of decision indicates that the relay is not able to be completed. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085683 | DATA RECEIVING DEVICE AND DATA RECEIVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data receiving device includes: a communication circuit to receive first data and second data over a network; a first storage; a second storage in which data read or data write is performed by a fixed size block; and a processor. The processor sets a first buffer and a second buffer in the first storage. The processor writes tail data of the first data into the allocated area in the second buffer. The tail data has a size of a remainder that a first value is divided by a size of the first buffer, the first value being a value subtracted from a size of the first data by a size of the available area in the first buffer before writing of the first data. The processor writes the second data into an area sequential to the area of the tail data. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088457 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an execution controller. The execution controller acquires a communication request for requesting data communication with another communication apparatus and controls execution of the communication request by comparing an evaluation value with a threshold, the evaluation value being based on a parameter value obtained through measurement of a wireless communication environment. The execution controller changes the threshold so as to decrease or increase according to a lapse of time after acquiring the communication request. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088520 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry specifies information potential to be requested by an application and acquires the information over a network before the information is requested by the application. The second circuitry controls operation of the first circuitry based on a parameter value obtained by measuring a surrounding communication environment or an evaluation value depending on the parameter value. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088663 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a communication device includes a first circuitry, a second circuitry and a third circuitry. The first circuitry establishes a wireless connection with a first communication device, in accordance with a communication request relating to data communication. The second circuitry measures a communication environment of the communication device to acquire communication environment data. The third circuitry establishes a logical connection with a second communication device relating to the communication request via the wireless connection and controls so as to perform the data communication with the second communication device in accordance with the communication environment data. | 03-24-2016 |