Display generating device, display generating method, program, and wireless communication system

• US 8,233,423 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2009
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Phuong, Dai A
• Application Number:
  US12/361,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20090196207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/315
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5012 determining service availability, e.g. which services are available at a certain point in time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5077 wherein the managed service relates to simple transport services, i.e. providing only network infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0811 by checking connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/12 Shortest path evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing

Abstract

A display generating device includes a display screen generator generating a display screen showing connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which a plurality of the wireless communication devices operate in an autonomous and distributed manner, and a detector detecting an operation of changing connection status performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, wherein, when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display generating device performs a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status.

Claims

1. A display generating device comprising:

a display screen generator generating a display screen showing whether a link between each of a plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a relay link or a non-relay link, as a connection status between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices in a wireless network in which the plurality of wireless communication devices operates in an autonomous and distributed manner;

a detector detecting a change in connection status to a first connection status, which is performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, the first connections status;

(i) permitting data transmission through a first path when a first of the plurality of the wireless communication devices is a destination for the data; and

(ii) prohibiting data transmission through the first path when another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is the destination for the data; and

a transmitter configured to transmit content of the operation of changing connection status to whichever one of the first one of the plurality of wireless communication devices or the another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is selected as the destination for the data;

wherein

when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display generating device performs a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status.

2. The display generating device according to claim 1, wherein

the display generating device has a function of one of the wireless communication devices configuring the wireless network, further comprising:

a path setter configured to set a path to another wireless communication device in the wireless network, wherein

when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the path setter resets, as the change process, the path to the another wireless communication device according to the content of the operation of changing connection status.

3. The display generating device according to claim 1, wherein

when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, the display screen generator generates, as the change process, a display screen reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status.

4. The display generating device according to claim 3, wherein

the transmitter is configured to transmit the content of the operation of changing connection status, when the operation of changing connection status to the first connection status is detected by the detector.

5. The display generating device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen generator is configured to generate the display screen showing whether the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a non-relay link.

6. The display generating device according to claim 5, wherein the display screen generator is configured to generate the display screen showing the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices prohibiting use as either a relay link or a non-relay link.

7. A display generating method, comprising the steps of:

generating a display screen showing whether a link between each of a plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a relay link or a non-relay link, as a connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which the plurality of wireless communication devices operates in an autonomous and distributed manner;

detecting a change in connection status to a first connection status, which is performed by a user via the display screen, wherein the first connections status;

(i) permits data transmission through a first path when a first of a plurality of the wireless communication devices is a destination for the data; and

(ii) prohibits data transmission through the first path when another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is the destination for the data;

transmitting content of the operation of changing connection status to whichever one of the first one of the plurality of wireless communication devices or the another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is selected as the destination for the data;

and

performing, when the operation of changing connection status is detected, a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status.

8. The display generating method according to claim 7, wherein generating the display screen shows whether the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a non-relay link.

9. The display generating method according to claim 8, wherein generating the display screen further shows whether the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is prohibited from being used as either a relay link or a non-relay link.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing thereon a computer program which, when executed, causes a processor to function as:

a display screen generator generating a display screen showing whether a link between each of a plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a relay link or a non-relay link, as a connection status between each wireless communication device in a wireless network in which the plurality of wireless communication devices operates in an autonomous and distributed manner;

a detector detecting a change in connection status to a first connection status, which is performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, the first connections status;

(i) permitting data transmission through a first path when a first of a plurality of the wireless communication devices is a destination for the data; and

(ii) prohibiting data transmission through the first path when another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is the destination for the data; and

a transmitter configured to transmit content of the operation of changing connection status to whichever one of the first one of the plurality of wireless communication devices or the another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is selected as the destination for the data;

wherein

the program causes the processor to perform, when the operation of changing connection status is detected by the detector, a change process of reflecting the content of the operation of changing connection status.

11. The computer program according to claim 10, wherein the computer program causes the processor to function as the display screen generator such that the display screen generator is configured to generate the display screen showing whether the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a non-relay link.

12. The computer program according to claim 11, wherein the computer program causes the processor to function as the display screen generator such that the display screen generator is configured to generate the display screen showing the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices prohibiting use as either a relay link or a non-relay link.

13. A wireless communication system comprising a plurality of wireless communication devices that operates in an autonomous and distributed manner and configure a wireless network, wherein

each of the plurality of the wireless communication devices includes:

a path setter configured to set a path to another wireless communication device in the wireless network;

a display screen generator generating a display screen showing whether a link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a relay link or a non-relay link, as a connection status between each wireless communication device in the wireless network;

a detector detecting a change in connection status to a first connection status, which is performed by a user via the display screen generated by the display screen generator, the first connections status;

(i) permitting data transmission through a first path when a first of a plurality of the wireless communication devices is a destination for the data; and

(ii) prohibiting data transmission through the first path when another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is the destination for the data; and

a transmitter configured to transmit content of the operation of changing connection status to whichever one of the first one of the plurality of wireless communication devices or the another one of the plurality of wireless communication devices is selected as the destination for the data.

14. The wireless communication system according to claim 13, wherein the display screen generator of each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is configured to generate the display screen showing whether the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is usable as a non-relay link.

15. The wireless communication system according to claim 14, wherein the display screen generator of each of the plurality of wireless communication devices is further configured to generate the display screen showing the link between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices prohibiting use as either a relay link or a non-relay link.