Communication system, communication apparatus, computer-readable storage medium having stored therein communication program, and communication method

US8948153B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8948153-B2
Application numberUS-201213430916-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 27, 2012
Priority dateJan 6, 2012
Publication dateFeb 3, 2015
Grant dateFeb 3, 2015

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An example communication system includes: a search communication apparatus which searches for another communication apparatus; and a search subject communication apparatus which is searched for by the search communication apparatus. The search communication apparatus includes a search request transmitter which transmits a search request signal. The search subject communication apparatus includes: a search request receiver which receives the search request signal transmitted from the search communication apparatus; and a search response transmitter which transmits a search response signal which is a response to the search request signal received by the search request receiver, to the search communication apparatus. The search communication apparatus further includes a search response receiver which receives the search response signal transmitted from the search subject communication apparatus. The search request transmitter transmits information indicating a transmission enabled period in which the search response transmitter can transmit the search response signal.

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What is claimed is: 1. A communication system including: a search communication apparatus that includes (1) a first processing system that includes at least one processor and (2) a first transceiver that is coupled to the first processing system; and a plurality of other communication apparatuses, of which at least a second apparatus is searched for by the search communication apparatus, each one of the plurality of other communication apparatuses including, respectively, (1) a…

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What does patent US8948153B2 cover?
An example communication system includes: a search communication apparatus which searches for another communication apparatus; and a search subject communication apparatus which is searched for by the search communication apparatus. The search communication apparatus includes a search request transmitter which transmits a search request signal. The search subject communication apparatus include…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nakayama Satoshi, Nintendo Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W72/12. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).