IP Library Granted Patent US 7,606,209
Granted Patent B2
US 7,606,209 · App. 10/806,427 · Granted Oct 20, 2009

Information processing device and program

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Patent No.
US 7,606,209
App. No.
10/806,427
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an information processing device having a communication function of performing a network connection via a wireless relay apparatus, the information processing device comprises a first unit which finds the wireless relay apparatus, and a second unit which displays information, which is characterized according to identification information of the wireless relay apparatus when the first unit finds the wireless relay apparatus.

Claims (20)

1. An information processing device performing a network connection via a wireless relay apparatus, the device comprising:

a finding unit configured to find the wireless relay apparatus;

a counting unit configured to count a finding frequency of the wireless relay apparatus found by the finding unit;

a detector configured to detect identification information of the wireless relay apparatus found by the finding unit;

a storing unit which stores specific image data indicating characters representing identification information of the found wireless relay apparatus; and

a displaying unit configured to display one of characters indicated by the image data stored in the storing unit and representing a character of the identification information of the wireless relay apparatus detected by the detector in a display form which is in accordance with the finding frequency counted by the counting unit.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the storing unit stores the specific image data indicating characters and corresponding identification information of the wireless relay apparatuses.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the storing unit stores peculiar icons or character messages.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying unit acquires service information or advertisement information for the wireless relay apparatus found by the finding unit, and displays the acquired information.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying unit judges a condition associated with the wireless relay apparatus found by the finding unit, and changes the information displayed by the displaying unit based on the judged condition.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying unit displays selectable information in accordance with the identification information, and sets connection environment using the wireless relay apparatus found by the finding unit when the corresponding information is selected.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying unit comprises an acquiring unit configured to acquire a database associating each identification information of the wireless relay apparatuses which can be found by the finding unit with information displayed by the displaying unit from an external apparatus which is connected with the network through the finding unit.

8. A computer-readable storage medium for use on a network-connectable device through a wireless relay apparatus, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

finding the wireless relay apparatus;

counting a finding frequency of the found wireless relay apparatus;

detecting identification information of the found wireless relay apparatus;

storing specific image data indicating characters representing identification information of the found wireless relay apparatus; and

displaying one of characters indicated by the stored image data and representing a character of the identification information on the found wireless relay apparatus in a display form which is in accordance with the counted finding frequency.

9. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8 , wherein the storing includes storing the specific image data indicating characters and corresponding identification information of the wireless relay apparatuses.

10. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8 , wherein the displaying includes displaying selectable information in accordance with the identification information on the found wireless relay apparatus, and setting connection environment using the found wireless relay apparatus when the displayed selectable information is selected.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048991/0183 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2004
From: WATANABE, HIROYUKI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 015660/0540 →