Patent ID: 9609690
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication device comprising: a first type of interface configured to perform a communication with a terminal device according to an NFC (abbreviation of Near Field Communication) scheme complying with an NFC standard; a second type of interface configured to perform a communication with the terminal device according to a scheme different from the NFC scheme; and a controller configured to: receive first information from the terminal device by using a first communication link in a case where the first communication link is established via the first type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device, the first communication link being a communication link in which a data communication is to be performed by the communication device operating in a first mode of the NFC standard that is different from a P2P (abbreviation of Peer to Peer) mode of the NFC standard and by the terminal device operating in a second mode of the NFC standard that is different from the P2P mode and the first mode; in a case where the first information is received from the terminal device, execute a first determining process related to whether a communication via the second type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device is performable; establish a second communication link via the first type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device in the case where the first information is received from the terminal device, the second communication link being a communication link in which a data communication is to be performed by the communication device operating in the P2P mode and by the terminal device operating in the P2P mode; and perform a two-way communication of second information with the terminal device by using the second communication link, in a case where it is determined in the first determining process that the communication via the second type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device is performable, the second information being information for performing a communication via the second type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device, wherein the controller is configured not to perform the two-way communication of the second information with the terminal device, in a case where it is determined in the first determining process that the communication via the second type of interface between the communication device and the terminal device is not performable.