JP2007036698A5

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Info

Publication number: JP2007036698A5
Application number: JP2005217388A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-07-27
Publication date: 2008-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 2025-07-27

Claims

In communication equipment,
First communication means for communicating with another communication device by a first communication method;
Second communication means for communicating with the other communication device by a second communication method;
Assigning means for respectively assigning security levels to the first and second communication methods;
Wherein the first communication method and the second communication mode based on the communication with other communication devices, changing means for changing to a higher security level lower security level are assigned for one communication method When,
A communication apparatus comprising:

The communication device has a function for connecting the other communication device to a network,
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determining unit that determines a service level on the network for each communication method in accordance with a security level assigned by the assigning unit.

Said determining means in accordance with a change in security level by said changing means, prior Symbol communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the changing service levels on the network.

3. A storage unit for storing data indicating correspondence relationships between the first and second communication methods, a security level for each communication method, and a service level for each communication method. 3. The communication device according to 3.

The security level for each communication method and the service level for each communication method are set in the data according to the communication range of the first and second communication methods. The communication device described.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second communication methods are wireless communication methods.

The first communication method is a communication method having a security level lower than that of the second communication method,
The said change means changes the security level of the said 1st communication system to the security level of the said 2nd communication system, if it communicates with the said other communication apparatus by the said 2nd communication system. The communication device according to any one of 1 to 6.

In a method for controlling a communication apparatus capable of communication by a first communication method and communication by a second communication method, and having a security level set for each of the first and second communication methods,
A method for controlling a communication device, characterized in that, when communicating with another communication device using a communication method with a high security level, the security level set in the communication method with a low security level is changed to a high security level.

Is capable of communication by the communication and the second communication method by the first communication system, causes execute a control method of a communication device whose security level is set for each of the first and second communication methods to the computer In the control program, when the communication device communicates with another communication device using a communication method with a high security level, the security level set to the communication method with a low security level is set to a high security level. A control program characterized by changing .