US 12,621,757 B2Granted

Communication method and apparatus

AssigneeHonor Device Co., Ltd.

InventorsRuiqing Zhao, Qiao Luo

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Abstract

This application provides a communication method and an apparatus. The method includes: accessing, by an electronic device, a first network; performing network probing on the first network, where it is detected that the Internet cannot be accessed through the first network; and transmitting, in the first network and a second network, to-be-transmitted data through a network that matches the to-be-transmitted data, where the first network is different from the second network, and the electronic device can access the second network and maintain a connection to the first network. The Internet can be accessed through the second network. Even if the Internet cannot be accessed through the first network, the electronic device can still access the Internet through the second network, and is not disconnected from the first network, maintaining the capability of the first network to transmit data.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A communication method, comprising:

accessing, by a first electronic device, a wireless local area network provided by a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device cannot access the Internet through the wireless local area network provided by the second electronic device, and the first electronic device accesses the Internet through a cellular network;
generating, by the first electronic device, a data transmission request;
performing the following:
sending the data transmission request to the second electronic device through the wireless local area network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is an address of the second electronic device;
or
sending the data transmission request through the cellular network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is not an address of the second electronic device;
in a case that a network parallel control setting of the first electronic device is disabled, in response to a first operation of a user, accessing, by the first electronic device, the cellular network, and breaking the connection to the wireless local area network;
and
in a case that the network parallel control setting of the first electronic device is disabled, in response to a second operation of the user, accessing, by the first electronic device, the wireless local area network, and breaking a connection to the cellular network.

6 more elements

An electronic device, comprising:

a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, and when the processor executes the instructions, the electronic device is caused to:
access a wireless local area network provided by a second electronic device, wherein the electronic device cannot access the Internet through the wireless local area network provided by the second electronic device, and the electronic device accesses the Internet through a cellular network;
generate a data transmission request;
perform the following:
send the data transmission request to the second electronic device through the wireless local area network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is an address of the second electronic device;
or
send the data transmission request through the cellular network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is not an address of the second electronic device;
in a case that a network parallel control setting of the electronic device is disabled, in response to a first operation of a user, access the cellular network, and break the connection to the wireless local area network;
and
in a case that the network parallel control setting of the electronic device is disabled, in response to a second operation of the user, access the wireless local area network, and break a connection to the cellular network.

7 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when run by a processor of an electronic device, causes the electronic device to:

access a wireless local area network provided by a second electronic device, wherein the electronic device cannot access the Internet through the wireless local area network provided by the second electronic device, and the electronic device accesses the Internet through a cellular network;
generate a data transmission request;
and
perform the following:
send the data transmission request to the second electronic device through the wireless local area network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is an address of the second electronic device;
or
send the data transmission request through the cellular network in a case that a target address of the data transmission request is not an address of the second electronic device;
in a case that a network parallel control setting of the electronic device is disabled, in response to a first operation of a user, access the cellular network, and break the connection to the wireless local area network;
and
in a case that the network parallel control setting of the electronic device is disabled, in response to a second operation of the user, access the wireless local area network, and break a connection to the cellular network.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/270,619Filed 15 Dec 2022
Priority: CN 202210042354.714 Jan 2022
Published: US 2024/0389010 A121 Nov 2024
Granted: 5 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 48/18
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: selecting a network or a communication service
H04W 36/365
By user or terminal equipment: by manual user interaction
H04W 40/36
Modification of an existing route: due to handover
H04W 76/15
Connection setup: setup of multiple wireless link connections