Communication Device and Terminal Device
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1. A communication device comprising:
- a short-range wireless interface configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal device using a short-range wireless communication protocol, the short-range wireless interface operable in a peer-to-peer mode and another mode;
a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform wireless communication with the terminal device using a Wi-Fi-compliant communication protocol;
a processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instruction, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to perform;
receiving, over a short-range wireless connection via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, request information from the terminal device, the request information to perform a function by the communication device;
transmitting, via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, first response information to the terminal device in response to the receiving of the request information;
in response to a termination and reactivation of the short-range wireless connection to the terminal device, receiving, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, authentication information from the terminal device;
executing a first determination process in which the communication device determines whether the authentication information is correct in response to the receiving the authentication information;
when determined, in the first determination process, that the authentication information is correct, performing, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, communication of network information to be used to connect with the Wi-Fi interface, otherwise, when determined, in the first determination process, that the authentication information is incorrect, not performing the communication of the network information; and
when the network information has been communicated, performing wireless communication with the terminal device using the Wi-Fi interface.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing network information using a short-range wireless communication path between a communication device and a terminal device is described. In some examples, authentication information is required from the terminal device prior to communication of the network information. In some examples, the short-range wireless communication path is disconnected and reestablished in which one of the terminal device and the communication device changes operation modes of a short-range wireless interface.
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1. A communication device comprising:
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a short-range wireless interface configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal device using a short-range wireless communication protocol, the short-range wireless interface operable in a peer-to-peer mode and another mode; a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform wireless communication with the terminal device using a Wi-Fi-compliant communication protocol; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instruction, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to perform; receiving, over a short-range wireless connection via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, request information from the terminal device, the request information to perform a function by the communication device; transmitting, via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, first response information to the terminal device in response to the receiving of the request information; in response to a termination and reactivation of the short-range wireless connection to the terminal device, receiving, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, authentication information from the terminal device; executing a first determination process in which the communication device determines whether the authentication information is correct in response to the receiving the authentication information; when determined, in the first determination process, that the authentication information is correct, performing, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, communication of network information to be used to connect with the Wi-Fi interface, otherwise, when determined, in the first determination process, that the authentication information is incorrect, not performing the communication of the network information; and when the network information has been communicated, performing wireless communication with the terminal device using the Wi-Fi interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A terminal device comprising:
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a short-range wireless interface configured to perform wireless communication with a communication device using a short-range wireless communication protocol, the short-range wireless interface operable in a peer-to-peer mode and another mode; a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform wireless communication with the communication device using a Wi-Fi-compliant communication protocol; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instruction, when executed by the processor, causing the terminal device to perform; transmitting, over a short-range wireless connection via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, request information to the communication device, the request information to perform a function by the communication device; receiving, via the short-range wireless interface in the peer-to-peer mode, first response information from the communication device in response to transmitting of the request information; in response to a termination and reactivation of the short-range wireless connection to the communication device, transmitting, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, authentication information to the communication device; when the terminal device'"'"'s authentication information is determined to be correct by the communication device, performing, via the short-range wireless interface in the another mode, communication of network information to be used to connect with the Wi-Fi interface; and when the network information has been communicated, performing wireless communication with the communication device using the Wi-Fi interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication device comprising:
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a short-range wireless interface configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal device using a short-range wireless communication protocol, the short-range wireless interface operable in at least one of a peer-to-peer mode and in another mode, the another mode including at least one of a reader/writer mode and a card-emulation mode; a Wi-Fi interface configured to perform wireless communication with the terminal device using a Wi-Fi-compliant communication protocol; a processor; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instruction, when executed by the processor, causing the communication device to perform; receiving, over a short-range wireless connection via the short-range wireless interface, request information from the terminal device, the request information to perform a function by the communication device; transmitting, via the short-range wireless interface, first response information to the terminal device in response to the receiving of the request information; receiving, via the short-range wireless interface, authentication information from the terminal device; transmitting the received authentication information to another device; receiving confirmation from the another device that the received authentication information is correct; when the received authentication information is correct, performing, via the short-range wireless interface, communication of network information to be used to connect with the Wi-Fi interface, otherwise, when the received authentication information is incorrect, not performing the communication of the network information; and when the network information has been communicated, performing wireless communication with the terminal device using the Wi-Fi interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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