IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,506,129
Granted Patent B2
US 10,506,129 · App. 16/249,071 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Communication apparatus

Inventors: Kunihito Terashita (Nagoya, JP); Naoki Yoshida (Nagoya, JP); Tatsuhiko Sone (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N1/32518H04N1/3278H04N1/32786H04W4/80H04W76/14H04N2201/0031H04N2201/0039H04N2201/0043H04N2201/0082H04N2201/3205H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 10,506,129
App. No.
16/249,071
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first communication apparatus may repeat a broadcast transmission of a trigger signal via a second interface, which is a signal to be used by a second communication apparatus as a trigger for sending a wireless connection request to the first communication apparatus. The wireless connection request may be for forming a first wireless network to which both the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus belong. The first wireless network may be a network for performing a wireless communication via a first interface The first communication apparatus may receive the wireless connection request via the first interface from the second communication apparatus which has received the trigger signal, and establish a first wireless connection via the first interface with the second communication apparatus so as to form the first wireless network.

Claims (41)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for a terminal device,

the terminal device comprising:

a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a Wi-Fi scheme;

a Bluetooth interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a Bluetooth scheme;

a memory; and

a processor,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to perform:

receiving an advertise signal according to the Bluetooth scheme from a printer via the Bluetooth interface, the advertise signal being a signal of which destination is not specified;

in a first case where first identification information for identifying the printer which is a source of the advertise signal is stored in the memory when the advertise signal is received from the printer, sending a wireless connection request to the printer via the Wi-Fi interface by using network information, the network information being information for belonging to a Wi-Fi network to which the terminal device has belonged once, the Wi-Fi network being a network in which the printer operates as a parent station, wherein in a second case where the first identification information is not stored in the memory when the advertise signal is received from the printer, the wireless connection request is not sent to the printer;

in response to sending the wireless connection request to the printer, establishing a first Wi-Fi connection via the Wi-Fi interface with the printer so as to belong to the Wi-Fi network to which both the printer and the terminal device belong; and

sending image data via the Wi-Fi interface to the printer by using the Wi-Fi network.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1 ,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the terminal device to perform:

determining whether second identification information included in the advertise signal is stored in the memory in response to receiving the advertise signal from the printer,

wherein the first case is a case where it is determined that the second identification information is stored in the memory due to the second identification information included in the advertise signal being identical to the first identification information in the memory, and

the second case is a case where it is determined that the second identification information is not stored in the memory due to the second identification information included in the advertise signal not being identical to the first identification information in the memory.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1 ,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal device to further perform:

establishing a second Wi-Fi connection via the Wi-Fi interface with the printer so as to belong the Wi-Fi network before establishing the first wireless connection via the Wi-Fi interface with the printer;

storing the network information used when the second Wi-Fi connection is established to the memory,

wherein the wireless connection request is sent to the printer by using the network information in the memory.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1 , wherein

the network information includes information for identifying the Wi-Fi network.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 4 , wherein

the network information includes a service set identifier (SSID) of the Wi-Fi network.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1 , wherein

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the terminal device to perform:

after the image data was sent to the printer, sending a disconnection signal to the printer via the Wi-Fi interface by using the Wi-Fi network,

wherein the Wi-Fi connection is disconnected in response to sending the disconnection signal.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium as in claim 1 , wherein

the Wi-Fi scheme is a wireless communication scheme based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. standard 802.11, and standards conforming thereto, and

the Bluetooth scheme is a wireless communication scheme based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. standard 802.1.5, and standards conforming thereto.

8. A terminal device comprising

a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a Wi-Fi scheme;

a Bluetooth interface configured to perform a wireless communication according to a Bluetooth scheme;

a processor, and

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

receiving an advertise signal according to the Bluetooth scheme from a printer via the Bluetooth interface, the advertise signal being a signal of which destination is not specified,

in a first case where first identification information for identifying the printer which is a source of the advertise signal is stored in the memory when the advertise signal is received from the printer, sending a wireless connection request to the printer via the Wi-Fi interface by using network information, the network information being information for belonging to a Wi-Fi network to which the terminal device has belonged once, the Wi-Fi network being a network in which the printer operates as a parent station, wherein in a second case where the first identification information is not stored in the memory when the advertise signal is received from the printer, the wireless connection request is not sent to the printer;

in response to sending the wireless connection request to the printer, establishing a Wi-Fi connection via the Wi-Fi interface with the printer so as to belong to the Wi-Fi network to which both the printer and the terminal device belong; and

sending image data via the Wi-Fi interface to the printer by using the Wi-Fi network.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-066067 · Mar 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15854889 · Dec 27, 2017
Continuation 15635959 · Jun 28, 2017
Continuation 15079264 · Mar 24, 2016
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