IP Library Granted Patent US 9,398,624
Granted Patent B2
US 9,398,624 · App. 13/689,234 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Wireless communication

Inventor: Takuya Yamamoto (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
H04W76/021H04W76/02H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 9,398,624
App. No.
13/689,234
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless communication terminal 100 reads connection setting information for making a connection to access point 200 , the connection setting information including a plurality of identifiers of access point 200 . Wireless communication terminal 100 stores the read connection setting information. Wireless communication terminal 100 reads the stored connection setting information and uses an identifier informed by access point 200 and the read connection setting information to set wireless communication connection with access point 200.

Claims (33)

1. A wireless communication terminal used in a wireless communication system including an access point, the wireless communication terminal comprising:

an information reader that reads connection setting information for connection with the access point from an information providing medium which is attached to the access point, the connection setting information including a plurality of service set identifiers (SSIDs) of the access point;

a storage that stores the connection setting information read by said information reader; and

a controller that uses an SSID of the access point informed by the access point and the connection setting information read from said storage to set wireless communication connection with the access point,

wherein the connection setting information includes a control command for the access point, and

the controller is configured to read the connection setting information in accordance with the SSID of the access point informed by the access point from the storage and uses the connection setting information to set the wireless communication connection with the access point.

2. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless communication means using a plurality of same or different wireless systems.

3. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the connection setting information includes encrypted information for setting the wireless communication connection with the access point.

4. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the connection setting information is provided using a bar code, a two-dimensional code, or an RF tag.

5. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 4 , wherein

the connection setting information is provided using bar code, a two-dimensional code, or an RF tag after encryption of a character string of the connection setting information by an arbitrary encrypted mode.

6. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

said controller uses predetermined connection setting information in the connection setting information stored in said storage to set the wireless communication connection with the access point.

7. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 6 , wherein

said controller uses a predetermined piece of connection setting information in the connection setting information stored in said storage to set the wireless communication connection with the access point.

8. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

said controller uses connection setting information with highest encryption strength in the connection setting information stored in said storage to set the wireless communication connection with the access point.

9. The wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

said controller sets the wireless communication connection with the access point according to reception strength of a wireless signal in the connection setting information stored in said storage.

10. The information providing medium that provides the connection setting information read by the wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 .

11. The access point that provides the connection setting information read by the wireless communication terminal according to claim 1 .

12. The access point according to claim 11 , wherein

the connection setting information is electronically displayed to provide the connection setting information.

13. A wireless communication method between an access point and a wireless communication terminal, the wireless communication method comprising:

reading connection setting information for connection with the access point from an information providing medium which is attached to the access point, the connection setting information including a plurality of service set identifiers (SSIDs) of the access point;

storing the read connection setting information;

reading the stored connection setting information; and

using an SSID of the access point informed by the access point and the read connection setting information to set the wireless communication connection with the access point,

wherein the connection setting information includes a control command for the access point, and

the reading includes the connection setting information in accordance with the SSID of the access point informed by the access point from the storage and using the connection setting information to set the wireless communication connection with the access point.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2015
From: NEC ACCESSTECHNICA, LTD.; NEC INFRONTIA CORPORATION
To: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034906/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2012
From: YAMAMOTO, TAKUYA
To: NEC ACCESS TECHNICA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029382/0218 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-001927 · Jan 10, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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