Patent ID: 9351097
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of connecting an image forming apparatus to an infrastructure network via a peer to peer (P2P) connection, the method comprising: executing a P2P function of the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus operates as a software access point (soft AP); displaying, when the image forming apparatus is connected to an external wireless device via the P2P function, an embedded web page provided by the image forming apparatus on the connected wireless device; receiving access information of the infrastructure network, to which the image forming apparatus is to be wirelessly connected, from the wireless device, wherein the access information is input via the displayed embedded web page; attempting connection to the infrastructure network by using the access information received from the wireless device, wherein the attempting is performed by the image forming apparatus; ending the connection between the image forming apparatus and the wireless device via the P2P function, if connection to the infrastructure network is possible as a result of the connection attempt; and establishing a wireless network connection between the image forming apparatus and the infrastructure network based on the access information received from the wireless device, when the connection between the image forming apparatus and the wireless device is ended.