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US 10,314,098 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsBu-Seop Jung, Edwin Joseph Vimal Bastin, Ji-Hyun Jung
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for connecting short-range wireless communication in a terminal are provided. The method includes connecting with an external device through a short-range wireless communication unit, and after connecting with the external device, providing information about at least one other connectable external device.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- communication circuitry;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- establish, using the communication circuitry, a first communication connection between the apparatus and a first access point corresponding to a first type and adapted to transmit first probe information,
- obtain, using the communication circuitry, second probe information from a second access point corresponding to a second type capable of supporting Hotspot 2.0, and third probe information from a third access point corresponding to a third type incapable of supporting the Hotspot 2.0 while the first communication connection is maintained,
- determine a type of each of the second and third access points based at least in part on the second probe information and the third probe information, respectively,
- transmit, using the communication circuitry, a request according to an access network query protocol (ANQP) to the second access point based at least in part on a determination that the type of the second access point corresponds to the second type, and not to the third access point based at least in part on a determination that the type of the third access point corresponds to the third type,
- receive, using the communication circuitry, a response according to the ANQP from the second access point in response to the request,
- present, via the display, a graphical indication indicative of the second access point based at least in part on the receiving of the response, and
- establish, using the communication circuitry, a second communication connection between the apparatus and the second access point in replacement of the first communication connection based at least in part on an input received with respect to the graphical indication presented via the display.
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An apparatus comprising:
- short-range wireless communication circuitry;
- and
- a processor adapted to:
- obtain, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, one or more probe information from one or more access points external to the apparatus while a first communication connection established between the apparatus and a first access point is maintained,
- determine, based at least in part on at least one probe information of the one or more probe information, whether at least one access point of the one or more access points corresponding to the at least one probe information supports Hotspot 2.0,
- transmit, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, a request for network information to the at least one access point based at least in part on a determination that the at least one access point supports the Hotspot 2.0, the network information to be stored in an external device operatively coupled to the at least one access point and to be provided to the at least one access point based at least in part on the request,
- receive, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, the network information from the at least one access point in response to the request, and
- establish, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, a second communication connection between the apparatus and a second access point selected from the at least one access point based at least in part on the network information, the establishing including releasing the first communication connection.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining, at an electronic device, one or more probe information from one or more access points external to the electronic device using short-range wireless communication circuitry operatively coupled with the electronic device, while a first communication connection established between the electronic device and a first access point is maintained;
- determining, based at least in part on at least one probe information of the one or more probe information, whether at least one access point of the one or more access points corresponding to the at least one probe information supports Hotspot 2.0;
- transmitting, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, a request for network information to the at least one access point based at least in part on a determination that the at least one access point supports the Hotspot 2.0, the network information to be stored in an external device operatively coupled to the at least one access point and to be provided to the at least one access point based at least in part on the request;
- receiving, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, the network information from the at least one access point in response to the request;
- and
- establishing, using the short-range wireless communication circuitry, a second communication connection between the electronic device and a second access point selected from the at least one access point based at least in part on the network information, the establishing including releasing the first communication connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.