Patent ID: 8224243

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a first data processing apparatus and a second data processing apparatus, for performing, by antennas of the first and second data processing apparatuses, an electromagnetic-induction communication using a carrier having a single frequency, the first and second data processing apparatuses each comprising modulating means for modulating the carrier into a signal of data to be transmitted at one of a plurality of transfer rates; and demodulating means for demodulating a signal of data transmitted at the one of a plurality of transfer rates, a transfer rate between the first and second data processing apparatuses being changeable for one transaction, the first data processing apparatus further comprising a processing unit configured to determine whether the first data processing apparatus has received electromagnetic waves caused by another apparatus, wherein the antenna of the first data processing apparatus transmits a polling request to the antenna of the second data processing apparatus and receives a polling response from the second data processing apparatus in response to the polling request, the polling response including an identification of the second data processing apparatus, the antenna of the first data processing apparatus transmits the polling request when the processing unit of the first data processing apparatus determines that the first data processing apparatus has not received the electromagnetic waves caused by the another apparatus, and when the processing unit of the first data processing apparatus determines that the transfer rate can be changed based on information specifying the plurality of transfer rates, transmitted from the second data processing apparatus, the antenna of the first data processing apparatus transmits to the antenna of the second data processing apparatus a request specifying a specified transfer rate, the antenna of the second data processing apparatus sends a response to the first data processing apparatus in response to the request, and the processing unit of the first data processing apparatus changes the transfer rate to the specified transfer rate in response to the response.