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US 9,288,826 B2Granted
Wireless communication device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Shibata
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Abstract
A wireless communication device may establish a first type of connection by using a first wireless channel and establish a second type of connection by using a second wireless channel. In a specific situation where one connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established, while the other connection has been established, the wireless communication device may form a multiple connection state where both the first and second types of connections are established in a first case where values of the first and second wireless channels are identical, and form a single connection state where one of the first and second types of connections is established in a second case where the values of the first and second wireless channels are not identical.
Claims21
A wireless communication device configured to operate selectively in one of a plurality of states comprising a parent station state which functions as a parent station of a wireless network and a child station state which functions as a child station of the wireless network, the wireless communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to perform:
- (A) executing a state determination process of determining that one of the wireless communication device and another device is to operate in the parent station state of a first wireless network and determining that the other of the wireless communication device and the other device is to operate in the child station state of a first wireless network, so as to establish a first type of connection with the other device such that the wireless communication device operates in a state determined in the state determination process, wherein in a case where the first type of connection with a first device is to be established, the first type of connection with the first device is established by using a first wireless channel;
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- (B) establishing a second type of connection with another device such that the wireless communication device and the other device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network, wherein in a case where the second type of connection with a second device different from the first device is to be established, the second type of connection with the second device is established by using a second wireless channel;
- (C) judging in a specific situation whether a value of the first wireless channel and a value of the second wireless channel are identical or not, the specific situation being a situation in which one connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established, while the other connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device has been established;
- wherein the above (A) and the above (B) include:
- forming a multiple connection state in a first case where it is judged that the value of the first wireless channel and the value of the second wireless channel are identical, the multiple connection state being a state in which both the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device are established;
- and
- forming a single connection state in a second case where it is judged that the value of the first wireless channel and the value of the second wireless channel are not identical, the single connection state being a state in which one particular connection is established, the one particular connection being one connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a wireless communication device configured to operate selectively in one of a plurality of states comprising a parent station state which functions as a parent station of a wireless network and a child station state which functions as a child station of the wireless network,
- the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of the wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to perform:
- (A) executing a state determination process of determining that one of the wireless communication device and another device is to operate in the parent station state of a first wireless network and determining that the other of the wireless communication device and the other device is to operate in the child station state of a first wireless network, so as to establish a first type of connection with the other device such that the wireless communication device operates in a state determined in the state determination process, wherein in a case where the first type of connection with a first device is to be established, the first type of connection with the first device is established by using a first wireless channel;
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- (B) establishing a second type of connection with another device such that the wireless communication device and the other device belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network, wherein in a case where the second type of connection with a second device different from the first device is to be established, the second type of connection with the second device is established by using a second wireless channel;
- (C) judging in a specific situation whether a value of the first wireless channel and a value of the second wireless channel are identical or not, the specific situation being a situation in which one connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established, while the other connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device has been established;
- wherein the above (A) and the above (B) include:
- forming a multiple connection state in a first case where it is judged that the value of the first wireless channel and the value of the second wireless channel are identical, the multiple connection state being a state in which both the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device are established;
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- forming a single connection state in a second case where it is judged that the value of the first wireless channel and the value of the second wireless channel are not identical, the single connection state being a state in which one particular connection is established, the one particular connection being one connection of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device.
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A wireless communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the wireless communication device to perform:
- establishing, in a case where a first type of connection with a first device is to be established when a second type of connection with an access point different from the first device is not established, the first type of connection with the first device using a first wireless channel such that the wireless communication device and the first device belong to a first wireless network;
- establishing, in a case where the second type of connection with the access point is to be established when the first type of connection with the first device is not established, the second type of connection with the access point using a second wireless channel such that the wireless communication device and the access point belong to a second wireless network different from the first wireless network, a value of the second wireless channel being a value determined by the access point,
- in a case where a value of the first wireless channel and the value of the second wireless channel are not identical under a situation in which the second type of connection with the access point is to be established, when the first type of connection with the first device has been established,
- disconnecting the first type of connection with the first device which is currently established;
- and
- establishing the second type of connection with the access point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.