Patent application EP18172820A (EP), filed 2018-05-17
Publication number: EP3404945A1
Title: COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Abstract: A control method of a communication terminal (102) that has near-field communication means (123) includes setting whether or not to enable wireless communication functions by the near-field communication means (123), as operation settings of the communication terminal (102) and controlling to display a predetermined notification before displaying a screen for performing the login request, upon condition that a user operation to transition to a screen for performing a login request to an external device (101) has been received, and that settings have not been made in the setting of the communication terminal (102) at least to enable wireless communication functions by the near-field communication means (123) as operation settings of the communication terminal (102).
IPC codes: G06F   3/    12            A I
H04W  12/    06            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A communication terminal (102) that transmits a login request to an external device (101), the communication terminal (102) comprising:
number: 2
text: A control method of a communication terminal (102) that has near-field communication means (123), the method comprising:
number: 3
text: The control method according to Claim 2, further comprising:
number: 4
text: The control method according to either Claim 2 or 3, further comprising:
number: 5
text: The control method according to Claim 4, further comprising:
transmitting, where, in a case that the signal strength of the packet received in the receiving is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value, in a state in which a screen for performing the login request is displayed, a login request is transmitted, via wireless communication functions using the near-field communication means (123), to the external device (101) that has transmitted this packet.
number: 6
text: The control method according to Claim 5,
wherein the near-field communication means (123) execute near-field communication with an external device (101) using Bluetooth® Low Energy, and the packet that the received in the receiving is a Bluetooth® Low Energy advertising packet.
number: 7
text: The control method according to Claim 6, further comprising:
login requesting, where Generic Attribute (GATT) communication is established with an external device (101) using Bluetooth® Low Energy, and a login request including user credentials is transmitted to the external device (101) by the established GATT communication.
number: 8
text: The control method according to any one of Claims 1 through 6,
wherein a notification is further displayed on the login screen, prompting the user to bring the communication terminal (102) close to an external device (101) regarding which login is desired.
number: 9
text: A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling the communication terminal (102) having the near-field communication means (123), the method comprising:
number: 10
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to Claim 9,
wherein the program stored in the computer-readable storage medium is an application program that is installable in the communication terminal (102).
number: 11
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to either Claim 9 or 10,
wherein the method for controlling further includes storing user credentials, used in the login request, in storage (114),
and wherein, in the controlling, a predetermined notification is displayed before displaying a screen for performing the login request, upon condition that a user operation to transition to a screen for performing a login request to an external device (101) has been received, and that the user credentials are not stored in the storage (114) .
number: 12
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of Claims 9 through 11,
wherein the method for controlling further includes receiving of a packet transmitted by an external device (101) via the near-field communication means (123),
and wherein, in the controlling, the external device (101) that has transmitted the packet is displayed on the screen as a candidate for an external device (101) to transmit a login request to, upon condition that a user operation to transition to a screen for performing a login request has been received, and the strength of radio waves carrying the packet received in the receiving is equal to or greater than a first threshold value.
number: 13
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to Claim 12,
wherein the method for controlling further includes transmitting, where, in a case that the signal strength of the packet received in the receiving is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value, in a state in which a screen for performing the login request is displayed, a login request is transmitted, via wireless communication functions using the near-field communication means (123), to the external device (101) that has transmitted this packet.
number: 14
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to Claim 13,
wherein the near-field communication means (123) execute near-field communication with an external device (101) using Bluetooth® Low Energy, and the packet received in the receiving is a Bluetooth® Low Energy advertising packet.
number: 15
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to Claim 14,
wherein, in the transmitting, GATT communication is established with an external device (101) using Bluetooth® Low Energy, and a login request including user credentials is transmitted to the external device (101) by the established GATT communication.
number: 16
text: The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of Claims 9 through 15,
wherein a notification is further displayed on the login screen, prompting the user to bring the communication terminal (102) close to an external device (101) regarding which login is desired.
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-11-21
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
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ref_id: WO2016047064
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severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2018-11-21)