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Information processing apparatus and display control method

  • US 9,609,588 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2013
  • Issued: 03/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

  • a wireless communication device;

    a display; and

    a processor configured to;

    (i) execute, by an operating system, a first process of causing the display to display a logon screen for logging on the operating system, wherein the logon screen displays a user identification (ID) of a user, an input field for inputting a password corresponding to the user ID, and a first icon for starting a first function of displaying on the logon screen a state regarding wireless communication of the wireless communication device, and wherein the first icon is displayed on the logon screen together with the user ID and the input field;

    (ii) responsive to the first process being executed, determine whether one or more registered access points, which are managed by the operating system and which were previously connected to the wireless communication device, are present in one or more access points detected by the wireless communication device;

    (iii) responsive to determining that one or more registered access points are present in one or more access points detected by the wireless communication device, and responsive to a second process executed that performs a logon operation for inputting a password to the input field, execute a logon process to authenticate the user by verifying an input password which is input to the input field on the logon screen;

    (iv) responsive to determining that either (a) one or more registered access points are not present in the one or more access points detected by the wireless communication device or (b) no access points are detected by the wireless communication device, block the logon process authentication verification of the user; and

    (v) responsive to a user input for operating the first icon being detected before the logon operation is performed on the logon screen, execute a process of causing the display to display on the logon screen a current state regarding the wireless communication, wherein the current state regarding the wireless communication is displayed on the logon screen together with the user ID and the input field,wherein the current state regarding the wireless communication comprises (1) a list of one or more access points detected by the wireless communication device, (2) one or more icons indicative of intensities of wireless signals received from the one or more access points, and (3) information for identifying access point being currently connected to the wireless communication device.

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