Communication Device

• US 20160316511A1
• Filed: 06/30/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takanobu, Asakura, Hirotaka, Matsuda, Munehisa, Tanaka, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,506,665 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/16 Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A communication device may execute a specific wireless communication of object data via a first wireless network with a mobile device using a second type of interface after executing a specific process of sending a first wireless setting for causing the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network using a first type of interface in a first case where the communication device operates in a first state which is a parent station state or a child station state in the first wireless network and execute the specific wireless communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface after executing another process different from the specific process in a second case where the communication device operates in a second state which is different from the first state.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a first type of interface for executing a wireless communication with a mobile device according to a first communication system, the first type of interface sending the mobile device a first wireless setting for causing the mobile device to belong to a first wireless network in response to receiving predetermined information from the mobile device;

a second type of interface for executing a wireless communication with the mobile device according to a second communication system being different from the first communication system;

one or more processors; and

a memory that stores computer-readable instructions therein, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the communication device to execute;

shifting the communication device to a parent station state from a specific state different from the parent station state after the first type of interface receives the predetermined information, the communication device functioning as a parent station of a wireless network in the parent station state;

establishing the first wireless network in response to shifting the communication device to the parent station state, the communication device functioning as the parent station state in the first wireless network;

receiving a first request including the first wireless setting from the mobile device using the second type of interface after the first wireless network is established;

causing the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network in response to receiving the first request; and

executing a wireless communication of first target data with the mobile device using the second type of interface via the first wireless network after the mobile device belongs to the first wireless network.

2. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein

the first type of interface sends the mobile device the first wireless setting in response to receiving the predetermined information in a case where a state of the communication device is the specific state,

the first type of interface further sends the mobile device a second wireless setting in response to receiving the predetermined information in a case where a state of the communication device is the parent station state in which the communication device functions as the parent station of a second wireless network that is a network having been established,

the second wireless setting is a setting for causing the mobile device to belong to a second wireless network,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the communication device to further execute:

receiving a second request including the second wireless setting from the mobile device using the second type of interface after the first type of interface sends the second wireless setting;

causing the mobile device to belong to the second wireless network in response to receiving the second request; and

executing a wireless communication of second target data with the mobile device using the second type of interface via the second wireless network after the mobile device belongs to the second wireless network.

3. The communication device as in claim 2, wherein the first wireless setting is different from the second wireless setting.

4. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute:

shifting the communication device to the specific state from the parent station state after the wireless communication of the first target data is completed.

5. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute:

setting a mode of the communication device to either a first mode in which the communication device is capable of functioning as the parent station or a second mode in which the communication device is not capable of functioning as the parent station; and

changing a mode of the communication device from the second mode to the first mode after the predetermined information is received in a case where the communication device sets the second mode.

6. The communication device as in claim 5, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute:

changing a mode of the communication device from the first mode to the second mode after the wireless communication of the first target data is completed.

7. The communication device as in claim 1, further comprising:

a print executing unit, wherein

the first target data includes print data,

the executing of the wireless communication of the first target data includes receiving the first target data from the mobile device, and

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute;

causing the print executing unit to execute a print using the received first target data.

8. The communication device as in claim 1, further comprising:

a scan executing unit,

wherein

the first target data includes scan data,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the communication device to further execute;

causing the scan executing unit to execute a scan for generating the first target data, and

the executing of the wireless communication of the first target data includes sending the first target data to the mobile device.

9. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first communication system is a Near Field Communication system.

10. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the second communication system is a Wi-Fi system.

11. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the parent station state is a Group Owner state of Wi-Fi Direct standard.

12. The communication device as in claim 11, wherein the specific state is a device state of Wi-Fi Direct standard.

13. The communication device as in claim 1, wherein the first wireless setting includes a Service Set Identifier.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a communication device,

the communication device comprising:

a first type of interface for executing a wireless communication with a mobile device according to a first communication system, the first type of interface sending the mobile device a first wireless setting for causing the mobile device to belong to a first wireless network in response to receiving predetermined information from the mobile device; and

a second type of interface for executing a wireless communication with the mobile device according to a second communication system being different from the first communication system,

the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more processors mounted on the communication device, causing the communication device to execute;

shifting the communication device to a parent station state from a specific state different from the parent station state after the first type of interface receives the predetermined information, the communication device functioning as a parent station of a wireless network in the parent station state;

establishing the first wireless network in response to shifting the communication device to the parent station state, the communication device functioning as the parent station state in the first wireless network;

receiving a first request including the first wireless setting from the mobile device using the second type of interface after the first wireless network is established;

causing the mobile device to belong to the first wireless network in response to receiving the first request; and

executing a wireless communication of first target data with the mobile device using the second type of interface via the first wireless network after the mobile device belongs to the first wireless network.