Patent ID: 9392537
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A terminal, which connects to a communication network, comprising: a communication module that connects to an access point of the communication network; a storage that stores a target list including networks to be connected to the terminal, an exclusion list including an excluding access point to be excluded from a plurality of connection targets, and a duplicate exclusion list that is a reproduction of the exclusion list; a connection controller that scans networks in the target list, detects access points of the scanned networks, and excludes the excluding access point in the exclusion list from the detected access points to identify a plurality of connectable access points for each of which a connection can be made; and a connection completion module that cuts off the connection to a first access point which is in process, and deletes a network in which the first access point is included from the target list, when a start of the connection to an access point in the duplicate exclusion list is detected, wherein the connection controller identifies a plurality of new access points to which a connection may be made after initializing the exclusion list, when the connection controller is unable to identify an access point to which a connection may be made, and designates one of the identified plurality of new access points to which a connection may be made as a target to connect to.