Patent ID: 9477860
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06K,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication device comprising: a high-speed communication unit configured to perform high-speed communication that is speedier than Near Field Communication (NFC); an NFC unit configured to receive, from an external device by the NFC, (a) operation information for determining a predetermined operation to be performed by the communication device using the high-speed communication and (b) communication information for identifying an external communication device, the external device being located remotely from the external communication device; a storage unit in which unique information that is unique to the communication device is stored; and a control unit configured to (i) connect, via the high-speed communication, the high-speed communication unit to the external communication device identified based on the communication information received by the NFC unit, and (ii) cause the communication device to perform the predetermined operation determined based on the operation information received by the NFC unit and the unique information read from the storage unit, wherein the operation information includes operation device identification information that indicates a type of a target device to perform the predetermined operation, the unique information includes communication device type information that indicates a type of the communication device, and the predetermined operation is determined by comparing the operation device identification information to the communication device type information, and is an operation in which the communication device communicates with the external communication device through the high-speed communication.