METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WI-FI CONNECTION USING WI-FI PROTECTED SETUP IN PORTABLE TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A method for connecting to a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- entering a group owner mode of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) if a Wi-Fi connection is requested;
discovering an external device whose group owner mode is enabled;
determining the group owner of Wi-Fi P2P from among the electronic device and the discovered external device; and
connecting to a Wi-Fi P2P group based on a result of the determining of the Wi-Fi P2P group owner.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for Wi-Fi connection based on Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes entering a group owner mode of Wi-Fi Direct when enabling of WPS is requested, after entering the group owner mode, entering a WPS session mode where the portable terminal is operable in a WPS registrar mode, determining whether an Access Point (AP) whose WPS session of the WPS registrar mode is enabled or a device whose group owner mode is enabled, exists nearby, and when an AP whose WPS registrar mode is enabled is discovered, disabling the WPS registrar mode and the group owner mode, enabling a WPS session where the portable terminal is to operate in a WPS enrollee mode, and accessing the discovered AP.
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1. A method for connecting to a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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entering a group owner mode of a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) if a Wi-Fi connection is requested; discovering an external device whose group owner mode is enabled; determining the group owner of Wi-Fi P2P from among the electronic device and the discovered external device; and connecting to a Wi-Fi P2P group based on a result of the determining of the Wi-Fi P2P group owner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11)
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6. An apparatus for connecting to a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) in an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication module; and a controller operatively coupled with the communication module, the controller configured to; enter a group owner mode of Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) if a Wi-Fi connection is requested, discover an external device whose group owner mode is enabled, determine the group owner of Wi-Fi P2P from among the electronic device and the discovered external device, and connect to a Wi-Fi P2P group based on a result of the determining of the Wi-Fi P2P group owner. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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