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Electronic device and wireless network access method in electronic device

  • US 10,334,607 B2
  • Filed: 05/21/2015
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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