Communication device

• US 10,375,552 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2017
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• 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): Nguyen, Steven H
• Application Number:
  US15/664,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20170332429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• 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 execute a wireless communication of object data with a mobile device via a first target network using a second type of interface after executing a sending process of sending a wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using a first type of interface in a case where the communication device is determined as currently belonging to the first target network. The communication device may execute the wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device via a second target network using the second type of interface after executing a specific process of causing both the communication device and the mobile device to belong to the second target network in a case where the communication device is determined as currently not belonging to the target network.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a first type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with a mobile device;

a second type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with the mobile device;

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to;

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network is executable; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second target network which is different from the first target network, using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network is not executable.

2. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first target network is a Wi-Fi Direct network.

3. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first wireless setting comprises Service Set Identifier.

4. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the second wireless setting comprises Service Set Identifier.

5. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first mode is a mode in which a wireless communication according to a specific system is executable.

6. The communication device as in claim 5, wherein the specific system is Wi-Fi Direct system.

7. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first type of interface is an interface configured to execute a wireless communication according to a Near Field Communication system.

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

a printer configured to execute a print process using the object data.

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

a scanner configured to scan a document and create the object data.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device comprising a first type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with a mobile device and a second type of interface configured to execute a wireless communication with the mobile device, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor mounted on the communication device, causing the communication device to:

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network can be executed; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second target network which is different from the first target network, using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network cannot be executed.

11. A method of executing a wireless communication by a communication device comprising a first type of interface configured to execute the wireless communication with a mobile device and a second type of interface configured to execute the wireless communication with the mobile device, the method comprising:

executing a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a first target network using the second type of interface after executing a sending of a first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to the first target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a first case where the communication device is in a first mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network can be executed; and

execute a wireless communication of object data with the mobile device via a second type of interface after executing a sending of a second wireless setting which is different from the first wireless setting, for causing the mobile device to belong to a second target network, to the mobile device using the first type of interface in a second case where the communication device is in a second mode in which the wireless communication using the first target network cannot be executed.