Wireless network system, wireless communication device and connection set-up method

A wireless communication apparatus in a wireless network system in which wireless connection to a wireless network, which has been formed by an access point, from a wireless communication apparatus is permitted by the access point in a case where parameters including a network identifier of the wireless network are set within the wireless communication apparatus and identification information of the wireless communication apparatus is registered in the access point comprising:

• a setting unit that transmits the parameters to another wireless communication apparatus using a communication method different from the wireless communication, and sets the parameters within the second wireless communication apparatus, wherein as to the wireless connection to the wireless network, the wireless communication apparatus has already been permitted and said another wireless communication apparatus is not yet permitted;
• an acquisition unit that acquires identification information of said another wireless communication apparatus using the communication method when the parameters are set by the setting unit;
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• a transmission unit that transmits the acquired identification information to the access point by the wireless communication, according to the acquisition by the acquisition unit, wherein said another wireless communication apparatus is managed by the access point as an apparatus in which the wireless connection to the wireless network is permitted by registering the identification information.

A method of setting up a connection in a wireless network system in which wireless connection to a wireless network, which has been formed by an access point, from a wireless communication apparatus is permitted by the access point in a case where parameters including a network identifier of the wireless network are set within the wireless communication apparatus and identification information of the wireless communication apparatus is registered in the access point, the method comprising:

• setting, by a first wireless communication apparatus, the parameters within a second wireless communication apparatus employing a communication method different from the wireless connection, wherein as to the wireless connection to the wireless network, the first wireless communication apparatus has already been permitted and the second wireless communication apparatus is not yet permitted;
• acquiring, by the first wireless communication apparatus, identification information of the second wireless communication apparatus using the communication method when the parameters are set;
• transmitting, by the first wireless communication apparatus, the acquired identification information to the access point by the wireless communication, according to the acquisition of the identification information;
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• managing, by the access point, the second wireless communication apparatus as an apparatus in which the wireless connection to the wireless network is permitted, by registering the identification information transmitted from the first wireless communication apparatus.

A method of setting up a connection of a wireless communication apparatus in a wireless network system in which wireless connection to a wireless network, which has been formed by an access point, from a wireless communication apparatus is permitted by the access point in a case where parameters including a network identifier of the wireless network are set within the wireless communication apparatus and identification information of the wireless communication apparatus is registered in the access point the method comprising:

• setting the parameters to another wireless communication apparatus using a communication method different from the wireless communication, wherein as to the wireless connection to the wireless network, the wireless communication apparatus has already been permitted and said another wireless communication apparatus is not yet permitted;
• acquiring identification information of said another wireless communication apparatus using the communication method when the parameters are set in the setting step;
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• transmitting the acquired identification information to the access point by the wireless communication, according to the acquisition of the identification information, wherein said another wireless communication apparatus is managed by the access point as an apparatus in which the wireless connection to the wireless network is permitted by registering the identification information.