Patent ID: 7209768
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A connection unit, which is connected to a connector being attachably and detachably provided in a portable radio communication device, and which includes a plurality of kinds of data communication devices for performing data communication with an outer section of the portable radio communication device, comprising: receiving means for receiving data from the portable radio communication device via the connector; conversion program storing means for storing a plurality of programs for converting data in accordance with the data communication device with said portable radio communication device; detecting means for detecting reception of data in any of said plurality of data communication devices; judging means for judging a data communication protocol with the outer section of the portable radio communication device based on the kind of the data communication device detected by said detecting means; reading means for reading a corresponding program by said conversion program storing means based on the data communication protocol judged by said judging means; converting means for converting data received by said receiving means to a format along the data communication protocol judged by said judging means, by executing the program read by said reading means; and supplying means for supplying the data converted by said converting means to the outer section of said portable radio communication device via the data communication device detected by said detecting means.