INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD

• US 20130232569A1
• Filed: 04/17/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: TONOUCHI, KENICHI, HONDA, YOSHINORI, TAJIMA, TAKESHI, KASUGA, SUSUMU
• Granted Patent: US 9,609,588 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/17
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication device, a display, a logon process module, and a display control module. The logon process module is configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system. The display control module is configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication device;

a display;

a logon process module configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system; and

a display control module configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.

2. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state of the access point is simultaneously displayed with the logon screen before a user performs a logon operation on the logon screen.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state of the access point comprises a state of intensity of wireless signals received from the access point.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the state of the access point comprises a state regarding a connection between the wireless communication device and the access point.

5. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display control module is configured to display the state of the access point on the logon screen.

6. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a starting module configured to start the display control module in response to a start of the logon process.

7. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a starting module configured to display a start button on the logon screen and start the display control module if the start button is operated.

8. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display control module is configured to display the state of the access point on a movable window displayed on the logon screen, to store position information indicative of a destination position to which the window has been moved on the logon screen, and to display, in the logon process which is executed at a next time, the window at a position on the logon screen, which is indicated by the stored position information.

9. The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display control module is configured to determine whether a registered access point, which is managed by the operating system and which was previously connected to the wireless communication device, is present in a list of an access point detected by the wireless communication device, and to display the registered access point together with the logon screen if the registered access point is present.

10. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication device;

a display;

a logon process module configured to cause the display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system; and

a display control module configured to cause the display to display, together with the logon screen, an access point list indicative of an access point detected by the wireless communication device.

11. The information processing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the access point list is simultaneously displayed with the logon screen before a user performs a logon operation on the logon screen.

12. A display control method of displaying information relating to a wireless network near an information processing apparatus, comprising:

causing a display of the information processing apparatus to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses an operating system of the information processing apparatus; and

causing the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by a wireless communication device in the information processing apparatus.

13. The display control method of claim 12, wherein the state of the access point is simultaneously displayed with the logon screen before a user performs a logon operation on the logon screen.

14. A computer readable, non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program which causes a computer capable of executing an operating system to display information relating to a wireless network near the computer, the program controlling the computer to execute functions of:

causing a display to display a logon screen, in a logon process of identifying a user account which uses the operating system; and

causing the display to display, together with the logon screen, a state of an access point detected by a wireless communication device in the computer.

15. The computer readable, non-transitory storage medium of claim 14, wherein the state of the access point is simultaneously displayed with the logon screen before a user performs a logon operation on the logon screen.