Communication parameter setting method, communicating apparatus, and managing apparatus for managing communication parameters
First Claim
1. A method of sharing wireless communication parameters for wirelessly communicating with a base station, wherein the wireless communication parameters are shared between at least one managing apparatus for managing the wireless communication parameters and at least one communicating apparatus for wirelessly communicating with the base station using the wireless communication parameters, the method comprising:
- a detecting step of detecting, at either one of a first communicating apparatus and a first managing apparatus, a managing apparatus, wherein said one of the first communicating apparatus and the first managing apparatus, and the managing apparatus, are operating in a setting mode,wherein with respect to the first communicating apparatus, the setting mode is for receiving the wireless communication parameters from the managing apparatus, and wherein with respect to the first managing apparatus and the managing apparatus, the setting mode is for providing the wireless communication parameters to the communicating apparatus;
a comparing step of, if a plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode are detected in the detecting step, making, at the first managing apparatus, a comparison between the wireless communication parameters managed by the plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode, so as to obtain a comparison result; and
a controlling step of controlling processing by selectively continuing or stopping the setting mode in said one of the first communicating apparatus and the first managing apparatus according to whether or not the wireless communication parameters managed by the plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode are the same.
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Abstract
When a plurality of managing apparatuses which manage communication parameters exists, there is a case where the wrong communication parameters are set into a communicating apparatus. When the communication parameters are set between the managing apparatus which manages the communication parameters and the communicating apparatus, if a plurality of managing apparatuses in a setting state of the communication parameters into the communicating apparatus is detected, the managing apparatus in the setting state is notified that the plurality of managing apparatuses in the setting state exists. Whether or not the setting of the communication parameters is continued is discriminated, thereby continuing or stopping the setting of the communication parameters.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of sharing wireless communication parameters for wirelessly communicating with a base station, wherein the wireless communication parameters are shared between at least one managing apparatus for managing the wireless communication parameters and at least one communicating apparatus for wirelessly communicating with the base station using the wireless communication parameters, the method comprising:
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a detecting step of detecting, at either one of a first communicating apparatus and a first managing apparatus, a managing apparatus, wherein said one of the first communicating apparatus and the first managing apparatus, and the managing apparatus, are operating in a setting mode, wherein with respect to the first communicating apparatus, the setting mode is for receiving the wireless communication parameters from the managing apparatus, and wherein with respect to the first managing apparatus and the managing apparatus, the setting mode is for providing the wireless communication parameters to the communicating apparatus; a comparing step of, if a plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode are detected in the detecting step, making, at the first managing apparatus, a comparison between the wireless communication parameters managed by the plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode, so as to obtain a comparison result; and a controlling step of controlling processing by selectively continuing or stopping the setting mode in said one of the first communicating apparatus and the first managing apparatus according to whether or not the wireless communication parameters managed by the plurality of managing apparatuses operating in the setting mode are the same. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A managing apparatus, comprising:
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a managing device that manages wireless communication parameters comprising at least one of an encrypting system, an encryption key, an authenticating system and an authentication key; a detecting device that detects another managing apparatus that is operating in a setting mode for providing the wireless communication parameters to a communication apparatus, while the managing apparatus is operating in the setting mode; a comparing device that compares the wireless communication parameters managed by the other managing apparatus operating in the setting mode detected by the detecting device and the wireless communication parameters managed by the managing device; and a discriminating device that discriminates whether or not the setting mode of the managing apparatus is to be continued according to whether or not the wireless communication parameters managed by the managing device corresponds to the wireless communication parameters managed by the other managing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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