METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING WIFI PARAMETERS

• US 20110292835A1
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: ZHU, Xiaoping
• Application Number:
  US13/116,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20110292835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/255
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for configuring Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) parameters is provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure, including: obtaining the WiFi parameters sent by a mobile access point (AP) that supports a WiFi function; by using a universal serial bus (USB) connection when the USB connection is established between a computer terminal and the mobile AP and implementing, by the computer terminal, WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters. A computer terminal for configuring WiFi parameters, a mobile AP that supports a WiFi function, and a system for configuring WiFi parameters are provided in other embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for configuring Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) parameters, comprising:

obtaining the WiFi parameters sent by a mobile access point (AP) that supports a WiFi function through a universal serial bus (USB) connection, when the USB connection is established between a computer terminal and the mobile AP; and

implementing, by the computer terminal, WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, further comprising:

sending a command for obtaining the WiFi parameters to the mobile AP through the USB connection established with the mobile AP, when the mobile AP is detected.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein implementing, by the computer terminal, WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters comprises:

invoking an interface function of an operating system of the computer terminal, and filling the WiFi parameters in corresponding WiFi configuration items by using the interface function.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein implementing, by the computer terminal, WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters comprises:

invoking an interface function of an operating system of the computer terminal, and filling the WiFi parameters in corresponding WiFi configuration items by using the interface function.

5. A computer terminal, comprising:

a parameter obtaining module, configured to obtain a plurality of Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) parameters sent by a mobile access point (AP) that supports a WiFi function through a universal serial bus (USB) connection, when the USB connection is established between the computer terminal and the mobile AP; and

a parameter configuring module, configured to implement WiFi Internet access configuration by using the plurality of WiFi parameters obtained by the parameter obtaining module.

6. The computer terminal according to claim 5, wherein the computer terminal further comprises a command sending module configured to send a command for obtaining the plurality of WiFi parameters to the mobile AP through the USB connection established with the mobile AP, when the mobile AP is detected.

7. The computer terminal according to claim 6, wherein the parameter configuring module is further configured to invoke an interface function of an operating system of the computer terminal, and fill the plurality of WiFi parameters in corresponding WiFi configuration items by using the interface function.

8. The computer terminal according to claim 5, wherein the parameter configuring module is further configured to invoke an interface function of an operating system of the computer terminal, and fill the plurality of WiFi parameters in corresponding WiFi configuration items by using the interface function.

9. A computer-implemented method for configuring Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) parameters, comprising:

establishing, by a mobile access point (AP) that supports a WiFi function, a universal serial bus (USB) connection with a computer terminal; and

sending WiFi parameters through the USB connection to the computer terminal so that the computer terminal implements WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters.

10. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9, further comprising:

sending, by the mobile AP, the WiFi parameters to the computer terminal through the USB connection when the mobile AP detects that the USB connection with the computer terminal is established successfully.

11. The computer-implemented method according to claim 9, further comprising:

sending the WiFi parameters through the USB connection established with the computer terminal to the computer terminal after receiving a command for obtaining the WiFi parameters sent by the computer terminal.

12. A mobile access point (AP) that supports a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) function, comprising:

a connection establishing module, configured to establish a universal serial bus (USB) connection with a computer terminal; and

a parameter sending module, configured to send WiFi parameters through the USB connection to the computer terminal so that the computer terminal implements WiFi Internet access configuration by using the WiFi parameters.

13. The mobile AP according to claim 12, wherein:

the mobile AP further comprises a detecting module, configured to detect whether the USB connection is established successfully with the computer terminal; and

the parameter sending module is further configured to send the WiFi parameters through the USB connection established with the computer terminal to the computer terminal, when the detecting module detects that the USB connection is established successfully with the computer terminal.

14. The mobile AP according to claim 12, wherein:

the mobile AP further comprises a receiving module configured to receive a command for obtaining the WiFi parameters sent by the computer terminal; and

the parameter sending module is further configured to send the WiFi parameters to the computer terminal through the USB connection established with the computer terminal when the receiving module receives the command for obtaining the WiFi parameters sent by the computer terminal.