Electronic device and wireless network access method in electronic device
First Claim
1. A wireless network access method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- establishing, by the electronic device, a connection to a first wireless network using a first password associated with the first wireless network;
identifying, by the electronic device, a request associated with the first wireless network from an external device; and
transmitting, by the electronic device, the first password to the external device such that the external device also connects to the first wireless network using the first password and stores the first password;
transmitting, to another external device, a request associated with a second wireless network;
receiving, from the another external device, a second password, wherein the another external device uses the second password to establish a connection to the second wireless network;
connecting to the second wireless network using the received second password, wherein the second password is stored in the electronic device;
after disconnecting from the second wireless network, transmitting a second wireless network re-access request to the second wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the second wireless network; and
transmitting the stored second password to the second wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the second wireless network.
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Abstract
An electronic device and a wireless network access method in the electronic device. The wireless network access method includes obtaining at least one of wireless network access information associated with a wireless network that is capable of communicating with the electronic device and effectiveness information. The at least one of network access information and effectiveness information is transmitted information to an external device with respect to the electronic device such that the external device determines whether to access the wireless network or to release the access to the wireless network based on the received at least one information.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless network access method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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establishing, by the electronic device, a connection to a first wireless network using a first password associated with the first wireless network; identifying, by the electronic device, a request associated with the first wireless network from an external device; and transmitting, by the electronic device, the first password to the external device such that the external device also connects to the first wireless network using the first password and stores the first password; transmitting, to another external device, a request associated with a second wireless network; receiving, from the another external device, a second password, wherein the another external device uses the second password to establish a connection to the second wireless network; connecting to the second wireless network using the received second password, wherein the second password is stored in the electronic device; after disconnecting from the second wireless network, transmitting a second wireless network re-access request to the second wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the second wireless network; and transmitting the stored second password to the second wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the second wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electronic device comprising:
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a communication module configured to access a first wireless network; and a processor functionally coupled with the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to; operate the communication module to establish a connection to the first wireless network using a first password associated with the first wireless network, identify a request associated with the first wireless network from an external device, transmit the first password to the external device such that the external device also connects to the first wireless network using the first password and stores the first password, transmit, to another external device, a request associated with a second wireless network, receive, from the another external device, a second password, wherein the another external device uses the second password to establish a connection to the second wireless network, connect to the second wireless network using the received second password, wherein the second password is stored in the electronic device, after disconnecting from the first wireless network, transmit a second wireless network re-access request to the second wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the second wireless network, and transmit the stored second password to the second wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the second wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless network access method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, to an external device with respect to the electronic device, a request associated with the wireless network; receiving, from the external device, a password, wherein the external device uses the password to establish a connection to the wireless network; connecting to the wireless network using the received password, wherein the password is stored in the electronic device; after disconnecting from the wireless network, transmitting a wireless network re-access request to the wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the wireless network; and transmitting the stored password to the wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device comprising:
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a communication module configured to access a wireless network; and a processor functionally connected with the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to; transmit, to an external device with respect to the electronic device, a request associated with the wireless network; receive, from the external device, a password, wherein the external device uses the password to establish a connection to the wireless network, connect to the wireless network using the password, wherein the password is stored in the electronic device, and wherein the processor is further configured to; after disconnecting from the wireless network, transmit a wireless network re-access request to the wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the wireless network, and transmit the stored password to the wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory storage medium having a wireless network access program stored therein,
wherein when the program executes in an electronic device causes the electronic device to: -
establish a connection to a first wireless network using a first password associated with the first wireless network; identify a request associated with the first wireless network from an external device with respect to the electronic device, and transmit to the external device the first password such that the external device also connects to the first wireless network using the first password and stores the first password; transmit, to another external device, a request associated with a second wireless network; receive, from the another external device, a second password, wherein the another external device uses the second password to establish a connection to the second wireless network; connect to the second wireless network using the received second password, wherein the second password is stored in the electronic device; after disconnecting from the wireless network, transmit a second wireless network re-access request to the second wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the second wireless network; and transmit the stored second password to the second wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the second wireless network.
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20. A non-transitory storage medium having a wireless network access program stored therein,
wherein when the program executes in an electronic device causes the electronic device to: -
transmit, to an external device with respect to the electronic device, a request associated with the wireless network that is capable of communicating with the electronic device; receive, from the external device, a password, wherein the external device uses the password to establish a connection to the wireless network and stores the password; connect to the wireless network using the password, wherein the password is stored in the electronic device; after disconnecting from the wireless network, transmit a wireless network re-access request to the wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the wireless network; and transmit the stored password to the wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the wireless network.
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21. A wireless network access method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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establishing, by the electronic device, a connection to a first wireless network using a first password associated with the first wireless network; identifying, by the electronic device, a request associated with the first wireless network from an external device with respect to the electronic device; transmitting, by the electronic device, the first password to the external device such that the external device also connects to the first wireless network using the transmitted first password and stores the first password; transmitting, by the electronic device, effectiveness information to the external device, wherein the effectiveness information comprises storage possibility information associated with the first password of the first wireless network, the storage possibility information indicating whether the transmitted first password can be stored or must be deleted by the external device; transmitting, to another external device, a request associated with a second wireless network; receiving, from the another external device, a second password, wherein the another external device uses the second password to establish a connection to the second wireless network; connecting to the second wireless network using the received second password, wherein the second password is stored in the electronic device; after disconnecting from the wireless network, transmitting the second wireless network re-access request to the second wireless network to reconnect the electronic device to the second wireless network; and transmitting the stored second password to the second wireless network such that the electronic device reconnects to the second wireless network.
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