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Granted Patent B2
US 11,197,229 · App. 16/925,557 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, communication device, and method executed by communication device

Inventor: Longlong Ruan (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W48/02G06F3/1236H04W40/246H04W48/18H04W48/20H04W48/16H04W84/12
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Patent No.
US 11,197,229
App. No.
16/925,557
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication device may receive a predetermined signal from an external device in a situation where a specific wireless connection not via an access point is being established, determine whether a wireless communication via a first access point is executable with the external device, and supply a first disconnection instruction in a case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device. The communication device may execute the wireless communication with the external device using the first wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device and execute a wireless communication with the external device using the specific wireless connection in the case where it is determined that the wireless communication via the first access point is not executable with the external device.

Claims (16)

1. A communication device comprising:

a first wireless interface;

a second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface, a maximum distance with which a wireless communication is executable via the second wireless interface is shorter than a maximum distance with which a wireless communication is executable via the first wireless interface;

a processor; and

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

receive a predetermined signal from an external device in a situation where a specific wireless connection not via an access point is being established between the second wireless interface of the communication device and the external device, the predetermined signal including related information related to a wireless connection between the external device and a first access point;

determine, based on the related information included in the predetermined signal, whether a first wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device in a case where the predetermined signal including the related information is received from the external device;

in a case where it is determined that, based on the related information included in the predetermined signal, the first wireless communication via the first access point is executable with the external device, execute the first wireless communication via the first access point with the external device using a first wireless connection, the predetermined signal has been received from the external device using the specific wireless connection established between the second wireless interface of the communication device and the external device not via the first access point, the first wireless connection being a wireless connection established between the first wireless interface of the communication device and the first access point; and

wherein in a case where it is determined that, based on the related information included in the predetermined signal, the first wireless communication via the first access point is not executable with the external device, execute a second wireless communication with the external device using a second wireless connection different from the first wireless connection and the specific wireless connection, the second wireless connection being a wireless connection established between the first wireless interface of the communication device and the external device not via the first access point.

2. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein

the second wireless connection is a wireless connection according to a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct (registered trademark)) scheme.

3. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein

the related information indicates that the wireless connection between the external device and the first access point being established.

4. The communication device as in claim 1 , further comprising a print executing unit and/or a scan executing unit.

5. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein

the specific wireless connection is a wireless connection according to a near field communication (NFC) scheme.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-190505 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16560177 · Sep 4, 2019
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