WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, A TERMINAL AND A RECORDING MEDIUM READABLE BY A COMPUTER

• US 20090279526A1
• Filed: 07/26/2009
• Published: 11/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: ISHII, Hideki, ICHIKAWA, Goki
• Granted Patent: US 8,451,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/73 Access point logical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

In a wireless LAN system, a terminal that includes a device for wireless LAN connection is capable of simple connection setting for wireless LAN. In said terminal, a simple connection setting recorder records each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN, and an access point identifier identifies connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point. And a connection setting selector selects a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point, which the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder. Finally, a connection setting processor processes connection setting, which corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.

Claims

1. A wireless LAN system, comprising:

an access point and a terminal that includes a device for wireless LAN connection is capable of simple connection setting for wireless LAN;

said terminal comprises

a simple connection setting recorder to record each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN,

an access point identifier to identify connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point,

a connection setting selector to select a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point, which the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder, and

a connection setting processor to process connection setting, which corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.

2. The wireless LAN system of claim 1, wherein:

said terminal comprises

said access point identifier that detects the information to identify the access point to be connected with as the first detecting operation and

said connection setting processor that detects the information to process the connection setting to connect with the identified access point for connection as the second detecting operation,

said connection setting processor uses the information that said access point identifier detects by the first detecting operation, omitting second detecting operation.

3. The wireless LAN system of claim 1, wherein:

said terminal receives one of beacon and probe response output by the access point, and detects the information stored in one of the beacon and probe response.

4. The wireless LAN system of claim 1, wherein:

the simple connection setting is processed when a connection setting button of the access point and a connection setting button of the terminal are operated.

5. A wireless LAN terminal, comprising:

a device for wireless LAN connection that communicates wirelessly with an access point that is a relay capable of simple connection setting,

said wireless LAN terminal comprises a simple connection setting recorder to record each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN,

an access point identifier to identify connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point,

a connection setting selector to select a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point that the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder, and

a connection setting processor to process connection setting that corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.

6. A computer program product for storing a program processed by a terminal of a wireless LAN system comprising an access point and the terminal and capable of simple connection setting, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored therein for causing a computer to perform operations of:

a simple connection setting recorder to record each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN,

an access point identifier to identify connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point,

a connection setting selector to select a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point that the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder, and

a connection setting processor to process connection setting that corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.