US 12,443,400 B2
Control of communication between an electronic device and a second electronic device, and system
Takehiro Yoshimoto, Tokyo (JP); and Akira Ishitsuka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,692.
Application 18/164,692 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/028790, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-133946 (JP), filed on Aug. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185555 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/61 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device configured to communicate with a second electronic device, wherein
the electronic device is configured to execute a non-specific application and a first communication application,
the second electronic device is configured to execute a specific application and a second communication application,
when the first communication application and the second communication application are executed, the electronic device communicates with the second electronic device,
when the specific application is executed, the second electronic device is configured to:
determine whether or not a state of the electronic device is a first state, and
when the state of the electronic device is the first state, make the electronic device perform a first operation via the second communication application;
when the first communication application is executed, the electronic device is configured to transmit a beacon, and
the beacon includes identification information of a user of the electronic device, identification information of the non-specific application, and transmission information notified to the specific application by the non-specific application.