STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONNECTION REQUESTS TO ESTABLISH CONNECTION TO ACCESS POINTS FROM A PLURALITY OF PROGRAMS

• US 20120218909A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Takahiro, Niwa, Kazutomo
• Granted Patent: US 9,398,621 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

An information processing program for controlling an information processing apparatus capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel is provided. The information processing program includes: reception instructions for receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from the first and/or second program(s); determination instructions for comparing information of the received connection request with information of connection status to the access point, and thereby determining whether or not that one of the first and second programs which made the connection request is to be connected to the access point; and connection processing instructions for performing a process for connecting the program that made the connection request to the access point, based on the result of determination.

Claims

1. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with a computer readable information processing program, executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus, said information processing apparatus capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel, said computer readable information processing program comprising:

reception instructions for receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from said first and/or second program(s);

determination instructions for comparing information of said received connection request with information of connection status to said access point, and thereby determining whether or not that one of said first and second programs which made the connection request is to be connected to said access point; and

connection processing instructions for performing a process for connecting the program that made the connection request to said access point, based on the result of the determination.

2. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said determination instructions include instructions for determining, when said first program is connected to said access point, whether said second program is to be connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program for connection to said access point.

3. The storage medium according to claim 2, wherein

said determination instructions include instructions for comparing type of said access point included in the information of said connection request with type of said access point included in the information of said connection status, and thereby determining whether said second program is to be connected to said access point.

4. The storage medium according to claim 3, wherein

said connection processing instructions include instructions for notifying, when said second program is connected to said access point, said second program of the connection to said access point.

5. The storage medium according to claim 2, wherein

said information processing program further includes:

disconnection determination instructions for determining, when said first program is connected to a first access point, whether a process for disconnecting connection between said first program and said first access point is to be performed, in response to a connection request from said second program for connecting to a second access point; and

disconnection processing instructions for performing a process for disconnecting the connection between said first program and said first access point based on a result of execution of said disconnection determination instructions.

6. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein

said connection processing instructions include instructions for performing a process for connecting said second program and said second access point, after the process for disconnecting the connection between said first program and said first access point is done by the execution of said disconnection processing instructions.

7. The storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said information processing program further includes:

second disconnection processing instructions for performing, when said first and second programs are connected to said access point, a process for disconnecting the connection from said access point, in response to disconnection requests for disconnecting the connection to said access point, from said first and second programs.

8. The storage medium according to claim 2, wherein

said determination instructions are adapted to compare, when said first program is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program for connection to said access point, priority of said second program included in the information of said connection request with priority of said first program included in the information of said connection status, and thereby determine whether said second program is to be connected to said access point.

9. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions are adapted to determine the priority of said first and second programs depending on whether a program is running on a background of said computer or on a foreground of said computer, and to give higher priority to the program running on the foreground of said computer than the program running on the background of said computer.

10. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions include instructions for giving higher priority, if said first and second programs are both programs running on the background of said computer or both programs running on the foreground of said computer, to that program which is connected to said access point later.

11. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions include

instructions for determining, when said first program running on the foreground is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program running on the background for connection to said access point, type of said access point included in the information of said connection request;

and

instructions for determining, if the type of said access point included in the information of said connection request does not include the type of said access point included in the information of said connection status, not to connect said second program to said access point.

12. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions include

instructions for determining, when said first program running on the foreground is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program running on the background for connection to said access point, type of said access point included in said connection request, and

instructions for determining, when the type of said access point included in the information of said connection request includes the type of said access point included in the information of said connection status, to connect said second program to said access point.

13. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions include

instructions for determining, when said first program running on the background is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program running on the foreground for connection to said access point, type of said access point included in the information of said connection request, and

instructions for determining, when the type of said access point included in the information of said connection request does not include the type of said access point included in the information of said connection status, to connect said second program to said access point.

14. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein

said determination instructions include

instructions for determining, when said first program running on the background is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program running on the foreground for connection to said access point, type of said access point included in the information of said connection request, and

instructions for determining, when the type of said access point included in the information of said connection request includes the type of said access point included in the information of said connection status, to connect said second program to said access point.

15. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein

said disconnection determination instructions include instructions for comparing, when said first program is connected to said access point, in response to a connection request from said second program for connection to said access point, priority of said second program included in the information of said connection request with priority of said first program included in the information of said connection status, and thereby determining whether said first program is to be disconnected from said access point.

16. An information processing apparatus capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel, comprising:

a reception unit for receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from said first and/or second program(s);

a determination unit for comparing information of said connection request received by said reception unit with information of connection status of said access point, and thereby determining whether that one of said first and second programs which made said connection request is to be connected to said access point; and

a connection processing unit for performing a process for connecting the program that made said connection request to said access point, based on a result of determination by the determination unit.

17. An information processing system capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel, comprising:

a reception unit for receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from said first and/or second program(s);

a determination unit for comparing information of said connection request received by said reception unit with information of connection status of said access point, and thereby determining whether that one of said first and second programs which made said connection request is to be connected to said access point; and

a connection processing unit for performing a process for connecting the program that made said connection request to said access point, based on a result of determination by said determination unit.

18. In an information processing apparatus capable of executing at least first and second programs in parallel, a method comprising the steps of:

receiving a connection request for connection to an access point from said first and/or second program(s);

comparing information of said connection request received at said reception step with information of connection status of said access point, and thereby determining whether that one of said first and second programs which made said connection request is to be connected to said access point; and

performing a process for connecting the program that made said connection request to said access point, based on a result of determination at the determining step.