Patent ID: 11881910
Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A file transmission/reception device comprising:
a processor configured to:
cut off, if a conflict occurs in a connection at a second communication layer higher than a first communication layer with a first device, the connection at the second communication layer with the first device;
decide a mode of the file transmission/reception device when performing a re-connection at the second communication layer via the connection at the first communication layer with the first device as any one mode of a master mode or a slave mode;
switch the file transmission/reception device to the decided mode;
perform transmission, reception, or transmission/reception of a file with the first device and the file transmission/reception device in the decided mode; and
decide the mode as the slave mode when the first device does not have a function for switching between the master mode and the slave mode based on specification infounation of the first device acquired via the connection at the first communication layer from the first device after occurrence of the conflict.