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Method and apparatus for Wi-Fi connection using Wi-Fi protected setup in portable terminal

  • US 10,638,523 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2018
  • Issued: 04/28/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, are configured to cause the at least one processor to:

  • enter 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,discover, in the group owner mode, an external device whose group owner mode is enabled,determine a group owner of the Wi-Fi P2P group from among the electronic device and the discovered external device, andconnect 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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