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Granted Patent B2
US 10,375,552 · App. 15/664,848 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Communication device

Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki (Nagoya, JP); Hirotaka Asakura (Nagoya, JP); Munehisa Matsuda (Nagoya, JP); Satoshi Tanaka (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W4/80H04W76/14H04W76/15H04W84/20H04W88/06H04W76/16H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 10,375,552
App. No.
15/664,848
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device may execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.

Claims (23)

1. A communication device comprising:

a first type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with a mobile device;

a second type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with the mobile device;

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to:

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network is executable; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second target network which is different from the first target network, using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network is not executable.

2. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the first target network is a Wi-Fi Direct network.

3. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the first wireless setting comprises Service Set Identifier.

4. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the second wireless setting comprises Service Set Identifier.

5. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the first mode is a mode in which a wireless communication according to a specific system is executable.

6. The communication device as in claim 5 , wherein the specific system is Wi-Fi Direct system.

7. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the first type of interface is an interface configured to execute a wireless communication according to a Near Field Communication system.

8. The communication device as in claim 1 , further comprising:

a printer configured to execute a print process using the object data.

9. The communication device as in claim 1 , further comprising:

a scanner configured to scan a document and create the object data.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device comprising a first type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with a mobile device and a second type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with the mobile device, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor mounted on the communication device, causing the communication device to:

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network can be executed; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second target network which is different from the first target network, using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network cannot be executed.

11. A method of executing a wireless communication by a communication device comprising a first type of interface configured to execute the wireless communication with a mobile device and a second type of interface configured to execute the wireless communication with the mobile device, the method comprising:

executing a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network can be executed; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to a second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network cannot be executed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: SUZUKI, TAKANOBU; ASAKURA, HIROTAKA; MATSUDA, MUNEHISA; TANAKA, SATOSHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043150/0597 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-082815 · Mar 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14789696 · Jul 1, 2015
Continuation 13831983 · Mar 15, 2013
Related Publication 20170332429A1 · Nov 16, 2017
Cited By (1)
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