Patent ID: 9338818
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless communication apparatus configured to operate selectively as a group owner or as a client in a Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, comprising: a processor configured to: wherein the continuation period begins at a time when the number of remote devices to be managed becomes zero, wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed becomes one or more before the continuation period elapses, the processor is configured to continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, even after a lapse of the continuation period, wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed remains zero until the continuation period elapses, the processor is configured to stop the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner after the lapse of the continuation period, wherein, when the number of remote devices to be managed becomes zero without obtaining a disconnect signal from a last removed remote device, which is a last device that has been removed from the particular network, among the one or more remote devices to be managed, the processor is configured to continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner until the continuation period elapses, and wherein, when the number of remote devices to be managed becomes zero while the disconnect signal is obtained from the last removed remote device, the processor is configured to stop the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner before the continuation period elapses.