Patent ID: 9672392
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication device comprising: a first wireless communication unit configured to, via near-field wireless communication, repeatedly read out data recorded in a tag of an external device; a second wireless communication unit; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to perform operations comprising: storing identification information of the external device included in the data read out by the first wireless communication unit in the memory, in response to the first wireless communication unit reading out the data, controlling the first wireless communication unit so that data causing the external device to do a predetermined operation is written to the tag of the external device; when the first wireless communication unit reads out the data again and in a case where the data is read out from the external device, controlling the first wireless communication unit so that data causing the external device to do a predetermined operation is not written to the tag of the external device, and when the first wireless communication unit reads out the data again and in a case where the data is read out from another external apparatus different from the external device, controlling the first wireless communication unit so that data causing the other external device to do a predetermined operation is written to the tag of the other external device.