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Method and apparatus for wi-fi connection using wi-fi protected setup in portable terminal

  • US 10,034,315 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2015
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for connecting to a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) network in an electronic device, the method comprising:

  • entering a group owner mode of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group without connecting with another device, if a Wi-Fi connection is requested;

    discovering, in the group owner mode, an external device whose group owner mode is enabled;

    determining a group owner of the Wi-Fi P2P group from among the electronic device and the discovered external device; and

    connecting to the Wi-Fi P2P group based on a result of the determining of the Wi-Fi P2P group owner,wherein the Wi-Fi connection is requested by an enabling of a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).

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