Patent ID: 8274375
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a first communicating part that reads data stored in a storage device of an outside apparatus and writes data in the storage device of the outside apparatus; a second communicating part that transmits and receives data with respect to the outside apparatus; an operation controlling part that operates either the first communicating part or the second communicating part; and a shared storage device that stores data related to the communication apparatus and is shared by the first and the second communicating parts; wherein the operation controlling part is configured to operate the first communicating part when power is supplied to the communication apparatus and operate the second communicating part when power is not supplied to the communication apparatus; wherein the shared storage device is configured to be connected to the first communicating part when power is supplied to the communication apparatus and connected to the second communicating part when power is not supplied to the communication apparatus; wherein the operation controlling part includes a selecting part configured to select one of the first and the second communicating parts; wherein the one of the first and the second communicating parts selected by the selecting part is configured to access the shared storage device; the communication apparatus further comprising a shared antenna that is shared by the first and second communicating parts; wherein the operation controlling part includes a correcting part configured to correct a resonance frequency of the shared antenna in correspondence with the one of the first and the second communicating parts selected by the selecting part; the communication apparatus further comprising a data managing part that manages the data stored in the shared storage device, wherein the data stored in the shared storage device includes history data related to the history of usage of the communication apparatus and user data related to the user of the communication apparatus; the communication apparatus further comprising a write control part that controls writing of data to the shared storage device; and a type determining part that determines the type of the outside apparatus; wherein the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus includes the history data and the user data; wherein the write control part is configured to write the history data and the user data included in the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus to the shared storage device when the type determining part determines that the outside apparatus is the same type as the communication apparatus; wherein the write control part is configured to write the user data included in the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus to the shared storage device when the type determining part determines that the outside apparatus is not the same type as the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus further comprising an update determining part that determines whether the history data stored in the shared storage device can be updated; wherein the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus includes history data and user data; wherein the write control part is configured to write all of the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus to the shared storage device when the update determining part determines that the history data stored in the shared storage device can be updated; wherein the write control part is configured to write the user data included in the data read from the storage device of the outside apparatus to the shared storage device when the update determining part determines that the history data stored in the shared storage device cannot be updated.