US 12,401,981 B2Granted

Communication device

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsTakanobu Suzuki, Hirotaka Asakura, Munehisa Matsuda, Satoshi Tanaka

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Abstract

A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A communication device comprising:

a first wireless interface;
a second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface;
a processor;
and
a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the communication device to perform:
in a case where the communication device belongs to and is connected to a first wireless network formed by an access point, sending, to a terminal device via the first wireless interface, setting information of the access point, the setting information being related to SSID which is used in the terminal device for establishing, via the second wireless interface, the first wireless network including both of the communication device and the terminal device without sending a password which is used in the terminal device for establishing the first wireless network, the setting information not including the password;
and
after sending the setting information, executing a wireless communication of object data via the second wireless interface by using the first wireless network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/417,138Filed 19 Jan 2024 · continuation
Priority: JP 2012-08281730 Mar 2012
Published: US 2024/0163650 A116 May 2024
Granted: 26 Aug 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1236
Specifically adapted to use a particular technique: connection management
G06F 3/1292
Specifically adapted to adopt a particular infrastructure: mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

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