Wireless communication method and apparatus
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1. A first terminal comprising:
- a first communicator configured to receive, from a second terminal using a first communication method, communication information for establishing respective wireless connections for a plurality of wireless communication methods supported by the second terminal, and the communication information comprising respective addresses for the plurality of wireless communication methods; and
a controller configured to search for at least one available wireless communication method between the first and the second terminals from among the plurality of wireless communication methods based on the received communication information;
a display configured to display a plurality of available wireless communication methods found by the controller in response to the searching by the controller yielding the plurality of available wireless communication methods from among the plurality of wireless communication methods;
a user interface configured to receive a user input for selecting a second communication method from among the displayed plurality of available wireless communication methods; and
a second communicator configured to establish a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication manner method included in the received communication information,wherein, in response to the searching by the controller yielding only one available wireless communication method, which is the second communication method, from among the plurality of wireless communication methods, the second communicator is configured to establish a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication method included in the received communication information, andwherein, in response to the searching by the controller yielding no available wireless communication method from among the plurality of wireless communication methods, the display is further configured to display a message indicating that there are no available wireless communication methods between the first and the second terminals.
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Abstract
Provided are wireless communication method and apparatus. The wireless communication method includes: receiving wireless communication module information of a second terminal from the second terminal through a first communicator of a first terminal; and performing a wireless communication with the second terminal using the wireless communication module information through a second communicator of the first terminal.
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1. A first terminal comprising:
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a first communicator configured to receive, from a second terminal using a first communication method, communication information for establishing respective wireless connections for a plurality of wireless communication methods supported by the second terminal, and the communication information comprising respective addresses for the plurality of wireless communication methods; and a controller configured to search for at least one available wireless communication method between the first and the second terminals from among the plurality of wireless communication methods based on the received communication information; a display configured to display a plurality of available wireless communication methods found by the controller in response to the searching by the controller yielding the plurality of available wireless communication methods from among the plurality of wireless communication methods; a user interface configured to receive a user input for selecting a second communication method from among the displayed plurality of available wireless communication methods; and a second communicator configured to establish a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication manner method included in the received communication information, wherein, in response to the searching by the controller yielding only one available wireless communication method, which is the second communication method, from among the plurality of wireless communication methods, the second communicator is configured to establish a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication method included in the received communication information, and wherein, in response to the searching by the controller yielding no available wireless communication method from among the plurality of wireless communication methods, the display is further configured to display a message indicating that there are no available wireless communication methods between the first and the second terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication method performed by a first terminal comprising a first communicator and a second communicator, comprising:
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receiving, from a second terminal using a first communication method through the first communicator, communication information for establishing respective wireless connections for a plurality of wireless communication methods supported by the second terminal, and the communication information comprising respective addresses for the plurality of wireless communication methods; and searching for an available wireless communication method between the first and the second terminals from among the plurality of wireless communication methods based on the received communication information; displaying a plurality of available wireless communication methods in response to the searching yielding the plurality of available wireless communication methods from among the plurality of wireless communication methods; receiving a user input for selecting a second communication method from among the displayed available wireless communication methods; establishing a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method through the second communicator based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication method included in the received communication information, in response to the searching yielding that only the second communication method is available from among the plurality of wireless communication methods, establishing a wireless connection with the second terminal using the second communication method through the second communicator based on information for establishing the wireless connection for the second communication method included in the received communication information, and in response to the searching yielding that no wireless communication methods from among the plurality of wireless communication ma s are available, displaying a message indicating that there are no available wireless communication method between the first terminal and the second terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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