Patent ID: 9338821
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A content transmission terminal that performs first communication via a first network including an access point and wirelessly performs second communication via a second network without the first network, the content transmission terminal comprising: a first communication unit being executed by a computer processor to perform the first communication with a service providing device that provides a service corresponding to content and controls an output level of wireless transmission; a second communication unit being executed by the computer processor to perform the second communication with the service providing device; a selecting unit being executed by the computer processor to select the service; an output level determining unit being executed by the computer processor to determine an output level of wireless transmission for communicating with the service providing device; a response control unit being executed by the computer processor to transmit, from the first communication unit to the service providing device, a response request message for requesting a response of the first and second communication from the service providing device and instruction information for setting an output level when the service providing device wirelessly transmits a response message corresponding to the response request message to the output level determined by the output level determining unit; and a device determining unit being executed by the computer processor to determine the service providing device of a communication partner which performs wireless communication of the content based on the service selected by the selecting unit and on the response message received in the first and second communication units from the service providing device, wherein, after the response control unit transmits the response request message and the instruction information from the first communication unit to the service providing device, in a first case in which the response message is received in the first and second communication units from the service providing device that provides the service selected by the selecting unit, the device determining unit determines the service providing device that has transmitted a corresponding response message as the communication partner, and the second communication unit wirelessly transmits content to the service providing device of the communication partner, in a second case, other than that of the first case, in which the response message is received in only the first communication unit from the service providing device that provides the service selected by the selecting unit, the output level determining unit determines a higher output level than the output level determined before transmission of the previous response request message, and the response control unit transmits the response request message and the instruction information from the first communication unit to the service providing device, and in a third case, other than those of the first and second cases, in which the response message is not received in the first communication unit from the service providing device that provides the service selected by the selecting unit, the second communication unit does not wirelessly transmit content.