(19)
(11) EP 1 455 477 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
29.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/53

(43) Date of publication:
08.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/37

(21) Application number: 04004999.1

(22) Date of filing: 03.03.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04L 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 04.03.2003 JP 2003057368

(71) Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Homma, Toru, c/o Toshiba Corporation,
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8001 (JP)

(74) Representative: Henkel, Feiler & Hänzel 
Möhlstrasse 37
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) Electronic apparatus with communication device


(57) An electronic apparatus includes a communication device (107) that executes communication with an external device (20), an input device (13, 15), a unit that selects one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode in accordance with an operation of the input device (13, 15), and a unit for, when the first communication mode is selected, controlling one-way communication to transmit content data from the communication device (107) to the external device (20) with a first quality and for, when the second communication mode is selected, controlling two-way communication to transmit and receive content data between the communication device (107) and the external device (20) with a second quality which is lower than the first quality.