IP Library Granted Patent US 8,320,404
Granted Patent B2
US 8,320,404 · App. 12/795,814 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Wireless local area network device and adapter thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,320,404
App. No.
12/795,814
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless local area network (WLAN) device includes a WLAN adapter having a USB terminal connected to a USB terminal of a PC (personal computer). The WLAN adapter is loaded with a program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication, and a connection of the adapter to the PC prompts the PC to recognize the adapter as a CD-ROM drive, and prompts the program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication to run automatically. The PC loads data of SCSI standard into the WLAN adapter by using a vender defined command of SCSI standard by way of the program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication. The WLAN adapter converts the data of SCSI standard into data for setting a WLAN or data of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), and sets the WLAN and executes the communication.

Claims (17)

1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) device comprising a WLAN adapter including a USB terminal connected to a USB terminal of an information processing device,

wherein the WLAN adapter stores a program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication,

wherein a connection of the WLAN adapter to the information processing device prompts the information processing device to recognize the adapter as an optical disk drive, and prompts the program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication to run automatically,

wherein the information processing device loads data of SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) standard into the WLAN adapter by way of the program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication by using a vender defined command of SCSI standard, and

wherein the WLAN adapter converts the data of SCSI standard into data for setting a WLAN and data of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), and sets the WLAN and executes the communication.

2. The WLAN device of claim 1 , wherein the WLAN adapter and application software loaded into the information processing device mutually authenticate each other by using digest authentication,

wherein a digest value used for the mutual authentication is added as an ID to data in transmitting the data, and the data is accepted by a receiver only when the ID agrees with a digest value stored in the receiver.

3. The WLAN device of claim 2 , wherein the optical disk drive is a CD-ROM drive.

4. The WLAN device of claim 1 , wherein the optical disk drive is a CD-ROM drive.

5. A wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter including a USB terminal to be connected to an information processing device, the WLAN adapter comprising:

a USB interface;

a program for setting a WLAN and executing a communication;

an identifier for an optical disk drive;

a command interpreter for interpreting a vender defined command of SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) standard;

a data converter for converting data of SCSI standard into data for setting a WLAN and data of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol); and

a WLAN interface.

6. The WLAN adapter of claim 5 , wherein the optical disk drive is a CD-ROM drive.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069631/0400 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2011
From: SUGIYAMA, NORIMITSU; MASUMOTO, JUNJI; NAKAMIZO, ATSUSHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026316/0535 →