IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,512
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,512 · App. 18/164,784 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Communication device

Inventors: Takanobu Suzuki (Nagoya, JP); Hirotaka Asakura (Nagoya, JP); Munehisa Matsuda (Nagoya, JP); Satoshi Tanaka (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 11,917,512
App. No.
18/164,784
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.

Claims (42)

1. A printer comprising:

a first interface;

a second interface different from the first interface;

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to perform:

in a situation where the printer operates as a parent station of a first network:

sending, to a communication device via the first interface, setting information for the communication device to belong to the first network;

establishing a wireless connection with the communication device via the second interface by using the setting information;

receiving first print data from the communication device by using the established connection via the second interface; and

executing a print process using the received first print data, and

in a situation where the printer belongs to a second network to which the communication device currently belongs:

sending, to the communication device via the first interface, information different from the setting information;

receiving second print data from the communication device via an access point by using the second interface; and

executing the print process using the received second print data.

2. The printer as in claim 1 , wherein

the first interface is a NFC interface, and

the second interface is a Wi-Fi interface.

3. The printer as in claim 1 , wherein

the first interface is a Bluetooth interface, and

the second interface is a Wi-Fi interface.

4. The printer as in claim 1 , wherein the setting information includes identification information for identifying the first network.

5. The printer as in claim 4 , wherein the identification information is a Service Set Identifier (SSID).

6. The printer as in claim 1 , wherein the information being different from the setting information indicates that setting change of the communication device is unnecessary and the communication of data can be executed.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for a printer, wherein the printer comprises a processor, a first interface, and a second interface different from the first interface, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the printer to perform:

in a situation where the printer operates as a parent station of a first network:

sending, to a communication device via the first interface, setting information for the communication device to belong to the first network;

establishing a wireless connection with the communication device via the second interface by using the setting information;

receiving first print data from the communication device by using the established connection via the second interface; and

executing a print process using the received first print data, and

in a situation where the printer belongs to a second network to which the communication device currently belongs:

sending, to the communication device via the first interface, information different from the setting information;

receiving second print data from the communication device not via an access point by using the second interface; and

executing the print process using the received second print data.

8. The printer as in claim 7 , wherein

the first interface is a NFC interface, and

the second interface is a Wi-Fi interface.

9. The printer as in claim 7 , wherein

the first interface is a Bluetooth interface, and

the second interface is a Wi-Fi interface.

10. The printer as in claim 7 , wherein the setting information includes identification information for identifying the first network.

11. The printer as in claim 10 , wherein the identification information is a Service Set Identifier (SSID).

12. The printer as in claim 7 , wherein the information being different from the setting information indicates that setting change of the communication device is unnecessary and the communication of data can be executed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2023
From: SUZUKI, TAKANOBU; ASAKURA, HIROTAKA; MATSUDA, MUNEHISA; TANAKA, SATOSHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-082817 · Mar 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17318630 · May 12, 2021
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Continuation 16560686 · Sep 4, 2019
Continuation 16165731 · Oct 19, 2018
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