IP Library Granted Patent US 12,401,981
Granted Patent B2
US 12,401,981 · App. 18/417,138 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

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 12,401,981
App. No.
18/417,138
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
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 (28)

1. A communication device comprising:

a first wireless interface;

a second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface;

a processor; and

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

in a case where the communication device belongs to and is connected to a first wireless network formed by an access point, sending, to a terminal device via the first wireless interface, setting information of the access point, the setting information being related to SSID which is used in the terminal device for establishing, via the second wireless interface, the first wireless network including both of the communication device and the terminal device without sending a password which is used in the terminal device for establishing the first wireless network, the setting information not including the password; and

after sending the setting information, executing a wireless communication of object data via the second wireless interface by using the first wireless network.

2. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the communication device to perform:

in a case where the communication device operates as a parent station, sending, to the terminal device, a wireless setting for belonging to a second wireless network formed by the communication device which operates as a parent station, the wireless setting including a password.

3. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the communication device to perform:

in a case where the communication device does not belong to the first wireless network formed by the access point, sending, to the terminal device, a wireless setting for belonging to a second wireless network formed by the communication device which operates as a parent station, the wireless setting including a password.

4. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein

in a case where the terminal device currently belongs to a wireless network to which the communication device currently belongs, the setting information and the password are not sent to the terminal device.

5. The communication device as in claim 1 , wherein

the communication device is any one of a printer and a scanner.

6. A communication device comprising:

a first wireless interface;

a second wireless interface different from the first wireless interface;

a processor; and

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

in a case where the communication device operates as a child station and is connected to a parent station of the child station, sending, to a terminal device via the first wireless interface, setting information of the child station, the setting information being related to SSID which is used in the terminal device for establishing, via the second wireless interface, a first wireless network including both of the communication device and the terminal device without sending a password which is used in the terminal device for establishing the first wireless network, the setting information not including the password; and

after sending the setting information, executing a wireless communication of object data via the second wireless interface by using the first wireless network.

7. The communication device as in claim 6 , wherein the computer-readable instructions further cause the communication device to perform:

in a case where the communication device operates as a parent station, sending, to the terminal device, a wireless setting for belonging to a second wireless network formed by the communication device which operates as a parent station, the wireless setting including a password.

8. The communication device as in claim 6 , wherein

in a case where the terminal device currently belongs to a wireless network to which the communication device currently belongs, the setting information and the password are not sent to the terminal device.

9. The communication device as in claim 6 , wherein

the communication device is any one of a printer and a scanner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: SUZUKI, TAKANOBU; ASAKURA, HIROTAKA; MATSUDA, MUNEHISA; TANAKA, SATOSHI
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 068783/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-082817 · Mar 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (9)
Continuation 18164784 · Feb 6, 2023
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Continuation 16560686 · Sep 4, 2019
Continuation 16165731 · Oct 19, 2018
Continuation 15473130 · Mar 29, 2017
Continuation 14789644 · Jul 1, 2015
Continuation 13832035 · Mar 15, 2013
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