US 11,700,343 B2
Communication system, mobile terminal, method of controlling the mobile terminal, and storage medium
Yasuhiro Hosoda, Abiko (JP); Fumio Mikami, Abiko (JP); Hiroki Matsushima, Kawasaki (JP); Yukimasa Sato, Kashiwa (JP); Kyohei Takeda, Toride (JP); and Tomoko Adachi, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/518,768.
Application 17/518,768 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,281, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,218,617.
Application 16/793,281 is a continuation of application No. 16/214,549, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,609,248, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Application 16/214,549 is a continuation of application No. 15/508,232, granted, now 10,225,435, issued on Mar. 5, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2015/004565, filed on Sep. 8, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-194300 (JP), filed on Sep. 24, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0060601 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/327 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04M 1/72445 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/32791 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04M 1/72415 (2021.01); H04M 1/72445 (2021.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01); H04N 1/32776 (2013.01); H04N 1/4413 (2013.01); H04N 1/4426 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0055 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a terminal for receiving a signal of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) standard, the method comprising:
receiving a Bluetooth Low Energy signal transmitted from an apparatus;
obtaining status information of the apparatus based on the received Bluetooth Low Energy signal, the status information including information indicating whether a user has logged into the apparatus;
transmitting, to the apparatus, a request for causing a user to log out from the apparatus in a case that the received radio field intensity of the Bluetooth Low Energy signal transmitted from the apparatus is less than a predetermined intensity; and
controlling whether or not to transmit, to the apparatus, the request for causing the user to log out from the apparatus based on the status information of the apparatus included in the received Bluetooth Low Energy signal.