Patent ID: 8244212
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus adapted to be connected to a cell phone terminal via a first communication network and a second communication network and to control read and write operations in a predetermined storage apparatus by the cell phone terminal, comprising: an acknowledging unit operable to acknowledge, using the first communication network, a telephone number of the cell phone terminal, wherein the telephone number is received from the cell phone terminal; a notification unit operable to communicate a network address of the communication apparatus to the cell phone terminal that had the telephone number acknowledged by the acknowledging unit, wherein the network address is an address on the second communication network and the network address is communicated using the first communication network; an authentication unit operable, upon acknowledging a connection request from the cell phone terminal at the network address communicated by the notification unit, the connection request including the telephone number of the cell phone terminal, to perform a process of authenticating the connection request, based on the telephone number of the cell phone terminal received by the authentication unit and the telephone number acknowledged by the acknowledging unit, wherein the connection request is received using the second communication network; and a communication unit operable to establish a communication path to make the storage apparatus available for use by the cell phone terminal authenticated by the authentication unit wherein the communication path is established over the second communication network.