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US 2020/0007674 A1Published application
Communication apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShun TAKEUCHI
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Abstract
A communication apparatus may perform: receiving a specific signal from a first external apparatus via a second interface; changing a state of a first interface from a first state to a second state, in a case where the specific signal including predetermined information is received via the second interface while the state of the first interface is the first state; maintaining the state of the first interface in the first state, in a case where the specific signal not including the predetermined information is received while the state of the first interface is the first state; and performing a communication of target data with the first external apparatus via the first interface being in the second state, after the state of the first interface has been changed to the second state.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a print performing unit;
- a Wi-Fi interface configured to communicate according to a Wi-Fi scheme;
- a Bluetooth interface configured to communicate according to version 4.0 or a later version of a Bluetooth scheme;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the printer to perform:
- while an operation state of the printer is a non-parent state, receiving a specific signal from an external apparatus via the Bluetooth interface, wherein the non-parent state is different from a parent state, the parent state is a state where the printer operates as a parent station of a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network for performing a wireless communication via the Wi-Fi interface;
- after the specific signal has been received, changing the operation state of the printer from the non-parent state to the parent state;
- after the specific signal has been received, sending, to the external apparatus via the Bluetooth interface, network information to be used in the wireless network;
- after the operation state of the printer has been changed to the parent state and the network information has been sent, establishing a Wi-Fi connection with the external apparatus via the Wi-Fi interface so as to form the wireless network in which the printer operates as the parent station and to which both the printer and the external apparatus belong;
- after the Wi-Fi connection has been established, receiving, from the external apparatus via the Wi-Fi interface by using the wireless network, target data to be printed;
- and
- in a case where the target data is received, causing the print performing unit to perform a printing of an image represented by the target data.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an application program including computer-readable instructions for an external apparatus, wherein
- the external apparatus comprises:
- a Wi-Fi interface configured to communicate according to a Wi-Fi scheme;
- a Bluetooth interface configured to communicate according to version 4.0 or a later version of a Bluetooth scheme;
- and
- a processor,
- the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the external apparatus to perform:
- while an operation state of the printer is a non-parent state, sending a specific signal to a printer via the Bluetooth interface, wherein the non-parent state is different from a parent state, the parent state is a state where the printer operates as a parent station of a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network for performing a wireless communication via the Wi-Fi interface;
- after the specific signal has been sent, receiving, from the printer via the Bluetooth interface, network information to be used in the wireless network;
- after the operation state of the printer has been changed to the parent state and the network information has been received due to the specific signal having been sent, establishing a Wi-Fi connection with the printer via the Wi-Fi interface so as to form the wireless network in which the printer operates as the parent station and to which both the printer and the external apparatus belong;
- and
- after the Wi-Fi connection has been established, sending, to the printer via the Wi-Fi interface by using the wireless network, target data to be printed so as to cause the printer to perform a printing of an image represented by the target image.
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An external apparatus, comprising:
- a Wi-Fi interface configured to communicate according to a Wi-Fi scheme;
- a Bluetooth interface configured to communicate according to version 4.0 or a later version of a Bluetooth scheme;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the external apparatus to perform:
- while an operation state of the printer is a non-parent state, sending a specific signal to a printer via the Bluetooth interface, wherein the non-parent state is different from a parent state, the parent state is a state where the printer operates as a parent station of a wireless network, and the wireless network is a network for performing a wireless communication via the Wi-Fi interface;
- after the specific signal has been sent, receiving, from the printer via the Bluetooth interface, network information to be used in the wireless network;
- after the operation state of the printer has been changed to the parent state and the network information has been sent due to the specific signal having been sent, establishing a Wi-Fi connection with the printer via the Wi-Fi interface so as to form the wireless network in which the printer operates as the parent station and to which both the printer and the external apparatus belong to;
- and
- after the Wi-Fi connection has been established, sending, to the printer via the Wi-Fi interface by using the wireless network, target data to be printed so as to cause the printer to perform a printing of an image represented by the target image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.