Communication device

• US 10,123,193 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2017
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takanobu, Asakura, Hirotaka, Matsuda, Munehisa, Tanaka, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B
• Application Number:
  US15/473,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20170208431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 587 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411, 455 412, 4555521, 4555531, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/44 Distributed routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/006 Using near field communication, e.g. an inductive loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

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

1. A communication device comprising:

a first type of interface configured to send specific information to a mobile device;

a second type of interface;

one or more processors; and

a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the communication device to;

in a case where the communication device is not currently in a communication-enabled state,

execute a specific process using the specific information in order for the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, the communication-enabled state being a state in which the communication device is currently capable of executing a communication of object data with the mobile device by the second type of interface, the specific information being information for establishing a wireless connection using the second type of interface with the communication device, and the specific process including a process of establishing the wireless connection with the mobile device using the specific information; and

execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface after executing the specific process; and

in a case where the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state, execute communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process.

2. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the communication device is capable of selectively operating in one of a plurality of states including a parent station state in which the communication device functions as a parent station of a wireless network and a non-parent station state in which the communication device does not function as the parent station of the wireless network, and

the specific process includes a process of setting the parent station state to the communication device in a wireless connection with the mobile device.

3. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the specific information includes Service Set Identifier.

4. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the first type of interface is configured to execute a wireless communication according to a Near Field Communication system, and

the second type of interface is configured to execute a wireless communication according to a system based on IEEE 802.11 standard.

5. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein a communication speed of the second type of interface is faster than a communication speed of the first type of interface.

6. The communication device as in claim 1, further comprising:

a print executing unit,

wherein the executing of the communication of the object data with the mobile device includes receiving the object data from the mobile device, and

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute;

causing the print executing unit to execute a print using the object data.

7. The communication device as in claim 1, further comprising:

a scan executing unit,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute;

causing the scan executing unit to execute a scan of a document set on the scan executing unit and generate the object data,

wherein the executing of the communication of the object data with the mobile device includes sending the object data to the mobile device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device comprising a first type of interface configured to send specific information to a mobile device, and a second type of interface, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more processors mounted on the communication device, cause the communication device to:

in a case where the communication device is not currently in a communication-enabled state,

execute a specific process using specific information in order for the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state the communication-enabled state being a state in which the communication device is currently capable of executing a communication of object data with the mobile device by the second type of interface, the specific information being information for establishing a wireless connection using the second type of interface with the communication device, and the specific process including a process of establishing the wireless connection with the mobile device using the specific information; and

execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface after executing the specific process; and

in a case where the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state, execute communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process.